Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Feb 2003 02:53:47 +0000 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.5] convert atm_dev_lock from spinlock to semaphore |
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you seem to be under the impression that <linux/sem.h> has something to do with linux semaphores. this is not the case; they're sysv semaphores.
apart from this, i think it's a pretty bad idea to just replace the spinlocks with semaphores. atm really needs fixing properly.
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