Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Apr 2005 22:17:40 -0700 | Subject | Re: [RFC] Add support for semaphore-like structure with support for asynchronous I/O | From | Bill Huey (hui) <> |
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On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 09:20:57PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote: > 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.
I would expect also that some RT subgroups would be highly interested in getting it to respect priority for reworking parts of softirq.
bill
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