Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Feb 2002 10:20:04 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Lightweight userspace semaphores... |
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Rusty Russell wrote: > > > 1) Interface is: open /dev/usem, pread, pwrite. > > i like the patch, but the interface is ugly IMO. Why not new syscalls?
I agree - I dislike magic device files a whole lot more than just abotu every alternative.
Also, one thing possibly worth looking into is to just put the actual semaphore contents into a regular file backed setup.
Linus
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