Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:14:45 -0400 | From | John Richard Moser <> | Subject | Re: Locking scheme to block less |
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viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 08:38:33PM -0400, John Richard Moser wrote: > >>Currently, the kernel uses only spin_locks, which are similar to mutex >>locks; > > > Does it, really? > > >>If the kernel provided a read-write locking semaphore, > > > or if you would care to RTFS and find that it does...
o_o I haven't found it.
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