lock(2)

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From: utzoohenry
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1982 00:02

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The V7 lock() call has a major bug, which I heard about at the
Usenix meeting.  The following should be added to the manual page
BUGS section:

.PP
It actually doesn't work, because the scheduler doesn't know about
it and keeps \fInice\fRing the process when it refuses to swap out.

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Subject: lock(2)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1982 00:02:20 +0000
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