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DateTue, 13 Dec 2005 11:00:15 +0100
FromIngo Molnar <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation
* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:54:41AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > - i did not touch the 'struct semaphore' namespace, but introduced a
> > >   'struct compat_semaphore'.> > > > Because it's totally braindead.  Your compat_semaphore is a real 
> > semaphore and your semaphore is a mutex.  So name them as such.> > well, i had the choice between a 30K patch, a 300K patch and a 3000K 
> patch. I went for the 30K patch ;-)

in that sense i'm all for going for the 300K patch, which is roughly the 
direction David is heading into: rename to 'struct mutex' but keep the 
down/up APIs, and introduce sem_down()/sem_up()/ for the cases that need 
full semaphores.

i dont think the 3000K patch (full API rename, introduction of 
mutex_down()/mutex_up()) is realistic.

	Ingo
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