Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Oct 2004 18:42:52 -0400 | From | Timothy Miller <> | Subject | Re: [patch] Real-Time Preemption, -RT-2.6.9-rc4-mm1-U8 |
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Bill Huey (hui) wrote:
> > > You use a semaphore to protect data, a completion isn't protecting data > but preserving a certain kind of wait ordering in the code. The > possibility of overloading the current mutex_t for PI makes for a conceptual > mismatch when used in this case since having a kind of priority for > completions is a bit odd. It's better to flat out use a completion > instead, IMO. >
Could you please define "completion" for me in this context?
Thanks.
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