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From: John Richard Moser <nigelenki@comcast.net>
To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Locking scheme to block less
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:14:45 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <41183DA5.6060602@comcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040810005136.GM12308@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>



viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 08:38:33PM -0400, John Richard Moser wrote:
> 
>>Currently, the kernel uses only spin_locks, which are similar to mutex 
>>locks;
> 
> 
> Does it, really?
> 
> 
>>If the kernel provided a read-write locking semaphore,
> 
> 
> or if you would care to RTFS and find that it does...

o_o I haven't found it.


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  reply	other threads:[~2004-08-10  3:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-10  0:38 Locking scheme to block less John Richard Moser
2004-08-10  0:51 ` viro
2004-08-10  3:14   ` John Richard Moser [this message]
2004-08-10  1:36 ` Rik van Riel
2004-08-10  3:20   ` John Richard Moser
2004-08-10 15:15     ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-08-11  2:08     ` Rik van Riel

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