Autzoo.1387 net.bugs.v7 utcsrgv!utzoo!henry Mon Feb 15 00:02:20 1982 lock(2) 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.