Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:18:05 +0200 | From | "Bart Van Assche" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Replace completions with semaphores |
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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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