RE: WaitForMultipleObjects/etc. In Kernel

[Clemens Ladisch]

Network Nut wrote:
>I was looking at POSIX because it allows naming of the primitives.

Linux uses two orthogonal mechanisms for synchronization
primitives and for naming/sharing.

>I need to epoll_wait on inter-process {mutex, event, semaphore}.

Use eventfd.

>I need to reference inter-process {mutex, event, semaphore}, each
>identified
>by string, if feasible.

Send the fd through a Unix domain socket.


Regards,
Clemens

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