From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267414AbUHJDOo (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 23:14:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267415AbUHJDOo (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 23:14:44 -0400 Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net ([216.148.227.85]:1445 "EHLO rwcrmhc12.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267414AbUHJDOl (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 23:14:41 -0400 Message-ID: <41183DA5.6060602@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:14:45 -0400 From: John Richard Moser User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040803) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Locking scheme to block less References: <41181909.3070702@comcast.net> <20040810005136.GM12308@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040810005136.GM12308@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. -- All content of all messages exchanged herein are left in the Public Domain, unless otherwise explicitly stated.