[lwip-devel] [patch #5918] memp.c SYS_LIGHTWEIGHT_PROT=0: remove mutex

[Simon Goldschmidt]

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                 Summary: memp.c SYS_LIGHTWEIGHT_PROT=0: remove mutex
                 Project: lwIP - A Lightweight TCP/IP stack
            Submitted by: goldsimon
            Submitted on: Montag 07.05.2007 um 20:01
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

To comply to pbuf.c, we must remove the mutexes from memp.c when
SYS_LIGHTWEIGHT_PROT=0. Old bug/patch entries show that mutex protection was
there befor lightweight protection and lightweight protection was introduced
so that netif drivers can allocate pbufs in interrupt context.

Thus, in my opinion, the mutex is obsolete. If someone still wants protection
through a mutex (which I doubt), they can define SYS_ARCH_PROTECT() to do
that.

If no protection at all is needed (as in pbuf.c with SYS_ARCH_PROTECT=0), we
also don't need mutexes.



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Date: Montag 07.05.2007 um 20:01  Name: memp.c_nomutex.patch  Size: 2kB   By:
goldsimon

<http://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/download.php?file_id=12713>

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