Re: [PATCH 09/12] generic rwsem: implement down_read_unfair

[David Howells]

Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  /*
> + * lock for reading - skip waiting writers
> + */

They may also skip waiting readers, if such are queued behind a writer.

David
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