Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:11:36 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Lightweight userspace semaphores... |
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Alan Cox wrote: > > fd = open("/dev/shm/sem....");
Hmm.. Yes. Except I would allow a NULL backing store name for the normal(?) case of just wanting private anonymous memory.
At the same time, I have to admit that I like the notion that Rusty had of libraries being able to just put their semaphores anywhere (on the stack etc), as it does work for many architectures. Ugh.
Linus
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