Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] Add support for semaphore-like structure with support for asynchronous I/O | From | Trond Myklebust <> | Date | Tue, 05 Apr 2005 21:20:57 -0400 |
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ty den 05.04.2005 Klokka 11:46 (-0400) skreiv Benjamin LaHaise:
> I can see that goal, but I don't think introducing iosems is the right > way to acheive it. Instead (and I'll start tackling this), how about > factoring out the existing semaphore implementations to use a common > lib/semaphore.c, much like lib/rwsem.c? The iosems can be used as a > basis for the implementation, but we can avoid having to do a giant > s/semaphore/iosem/g over the kernel tree.
If you're willing to take this on then you have my full support and I'd be happy to lend a hand.
Cheers, Trond -- Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
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