From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 14:03:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 14:03:16 -0400 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:8876 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 14:03:04 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:03:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20010822.110316.57459277.davem@redhat.com> To: kakadu_croc@yahoo.com Cc: bcrl@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: brlock_is_locked()? From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20010822180056.58350.qmail@web10902.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010822180056.58350.qmail@web10902.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.0 on Emacs 21.0 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Brad Chapman Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:00:56 -0700 (PDT) I'm not talking about _who_ owns the lock, I'm talking about whether the lock itself is locked. I don't care which process is using the lock; I just want to know if _somebody_ is using it. Is this possible? Show a valid use for such a boolean state, then the discussion may proceed :-) Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com