Re: [PATCH] Replace completions with semaphores

From: Alan Cox
Date: Mon Apr 14 2008 - 15:26:40 EST



> Because we can then eventually get rid of semaphores, so those people
> cannot mistakenly use them. Its just too easy to create prio inversion
> with them around.

And it'll be far harder to even find the priority inversion problems in
the open coded alternatives.
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