Re: your mail

Alan Cox
2002-02-25T13:03:34Z

> > fd = sem_initialize();
> > mmap(fd, ...)
> > ..
> > munmap(..)
> >
> > which gives you a handle for the semaphore.
>
> No no no! Implemented exactly that (and posted to l-k IIRC), and it's
> *horrible* to use.

All Linus forgot was to sem_initialize("filename"); With that the rest
comes out for free.