Re: Locking scheme to block less

[John Richard Moser]

viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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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