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Changeset 10827

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07/23/08 13:50:55 (3 months ago)
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vboxsync
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It's not very clear what this Contention field really means. Seems to be a counter for the number of times contention occurred. (http://winprogger.com/?p=6)
So the assertion is indeed wrong and it triggers very often here and for others.

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  • trunk/src/VBox/Runtime/r0drv/nt/semfastmutex-r0drv-nt.cpp

    r10738 r10827  
    9797    ASMAtomicIncU32(&pFastInt->u32Magic); 
    9898    Assert(pFastInt->Mutex.Count == 1); 
    99     Assert(pFastInt->Mutex.Contention == 0); 
     99    /* It's not very clear what this Contention field really means. Seems to be a counter for the number of times contention occurred. (see e.g. http://winprogger.com/?p=6)  
     100     * The following assertion is therefor wrong: 
     101     * Assert(pFastInt->Mutex.Contention == 0); 
     102     */ 
    100103    RTMemFree(pFastInt); 
    101104    return VINF_SUCCESS; 

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