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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-core] xnregistry_fetch & friends
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To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@domain.hid>
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Jan Kiszka wrote:
> OK, this all sounds like fast-lock awareness would have to be taught
> to xnsynch first. But that would also open the chance to teach it
> that handles are stored inside the lock word, no pointers.

That could be done too... But that would be really a critical change,
with updates in all skins.

> However, that's stuff for a second round.

Ok. No problem, but keep the pitfall in mind.

> I will have to focus on getting the native skin straight. Well, maybe
> this will already
> introduce thread handles to the POSIX skin (due to common 
> __xn_sys_current)...

Please, yes, do it, avoid implementing an __xn_sys_current_bis that
would return handles instead of pointers.

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                                                 Gilles.