Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:24:22 -0800 | From | Richard Henderson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Lightweight userspace semaphores... |
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On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 10:53:11AM -0500, Hubertus Franke wrote: > As stated above, I allocate a kernel object <kulock_t> on demand and > hash it. This way I don't have to pin any user address. What does everybody > think about the merit of this approach versus the pinning approach? [...] > In your case, can the lock be allocated at different > virtual addresses in the various address spaces.
I think this is a relatively important feature. It may not be possible to use the same virtual address in different processes.
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