Re: [PATCH] Fast Userspace Mutexes III.

From: Robert Love (rml@tech9.net)
Date: Mon Mar 04 2002 - 20:50:06 EST

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On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 17:15, Davide Libenzi wrote:

> That's great. What if the process holding the mutex dies while there're
> sleeping tasks waiting for it ?

I can't find an answer in the code (meaning the lock is lost...) and no
one has yet answered. Davide, have you noticed anything?

I think this needs a proper solution..

Robert Love

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