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From: ishubist@gmail.com (Abhishek Bist)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Semaphore and Spinlock
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:48:45 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150427131845.GA4671@localhost.localdomain> (raw)

[ Semaphores are a bit like spinlocks, except the holder of a semaphore is a process, not a CPU. ]
This is a very first line that is bein written on the description of semaphore on kernel newbies.So what are the different parameter 
that could justify this statement or the way it could be justified and understood.

             reply	other threads:[~2015-04-27 13:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-27 13:18 Abhishek Bist [this message]
2015-04-27 14:21 ` Semaphore and Spinlock Ruben Safir
2015-04-27 16:31 ` Jeff Haran
2015-04-27 19:09   ` Ruben
2015-04-27 20:20     ` Jeff Haran

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