Question : spinlock

Question : spinlock

[Abhishek Rai]

> Can anybody tell me/ direct me to some tutorial/web
> site/manual etc/ where i can gather the concepts of
> Spin locks in linux, and get a good idea of the
> commonly used functions like : spin_lock_irqsave()
> etc.
> abhishek





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Question : spinlock

[Abhishek Rai]

> Can anybody tell me/ direct me to some tutorial/web
> site/manual etc/ where i can gather the concepts of
> Spin locks in linux, and get a good idea of the
> commonly used functions like : spin_lock_irqsave()
> etc.
> abhishek





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Question : spinlock

[Abhishek Rai]

> Can anybody tell me/ direct me to some tutorial/web
> site/manual etc/ where i can gather the concepts of
> Spin locks in linux, and get a good idea of the
> commonly used functions like : spin_lock_irqsave()
> etc.
> abhishek

PS : since i am not registered with the list please
make sure that u peronally send me the reply at
abbashake007@yahoo.com






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============================================================
Abhishek Rai
3rd year,B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering
IIT KGP,India
abbashake007@yahoo.com
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Re: Question : spinlock

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 07:18:04AM -0700, Abhishek Rai escreveu:
> > Can anybody tell me/ direct me to some tutorial/web
> > site/manual etc/ where i can gather the concepts of
> > Spin locks in linux, and get a good idea of the
> > commonly used functions like : spin_lock_irqsave()
> > etc.
> > abhishek
 
> PS : since i am not registered with the list please
> make sure that u peronally send me the reply at
> abbashake007@yahoo.com

sheesh, calm down, the answer is coming 8)

The very reliable Rusty's "Unreliable Guide To Locking":
http://kernelnewbies.org/documents/kdoc/kernel-locking/lklockingguide.html

also available at your local hard disk, at
/wherever_you_put_your_linux_sources/Documentation/DocBook

try:

make htmldocs

8)

- Arnaldo

``"90% of everything is crap", Its called Sturgeon's law 8)
One of the problems is indeed finding the good bits''
    - Alan Cox

Re: Question : spinlock

[David C. Hansen]

Abhishek Rai wrote:
> 
> > Can anybody tell me/ direct me to some tutorial/web
> > site/manual etc/ where i can gather the concepts of
> > Spin locks in linux, and get a good idea of the
> > commonly used functions like : spin_lock_irqsave()
> > etc.
> > abhishek
This is a pretty comprehensive list of all global spinlocks in the
kernel.  It simply summarizes how they are used.  
http://lse.sourceforge.net/lockhier/
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