From: Eli Carter <eli.carter@inet.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: generic sleeping locks?
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 16:54:43 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A3E95B3.19E51EEE@inet.com> (raw)
Allow me to display my ignorance a moment.
Are there blocking lock primitives already defined somewhere in the
kernel?
It just seems that
while( lockvar )
sleep_on( &lockwaitq );
along with its various permutations would be commonly used and worthy of
being made into a generic sleep lock. A few blind greps through the
source didn't find anything that caught my eye.
If there aren't, would a patch to add them be of interest to anyone?
Input on design details welcome.
TIA,
Eli
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-12-18 22:54 Eli Carter [this message]
2000-12-18 23:01 ` generic sleeping locks? Alan Cox
2000-12-18 23:08 ` Eli Carter
2000-12-19 0:06 ` Rusty Russell
2000-12-19 15:19 ` Eli Carter
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