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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Replace completions with semaphores
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
> For me it sounds like you just want to rename semaphores to some other
> name that people don't use them for normal locking?

Would it really be a good idea to give a synchronization concept that
behaves exactly like a semaphore another name than "semaphore" ? The
semaphore concept is well known and is taught in every computer
science course.

Bart.


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