2001-10-13 14:17:59

by Abhishek Rai

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Subject: Question : spinlock

> Can anybody tell me/ direct me to some tutorial/web
> site/manual etc/ where i can gather the concepts of
> Spin locks in linux, and get a good idea of the
> commonly used functions like : spin_lock_irqsave()
> etc.
> abhishek

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2001-10-13 14:25:36

by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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Subject: Re: Question : spinlock

Em Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 07:18:04AM -0700, Abhishek Rai escreveu:
> > Can anybody tell me/ direct me to some tutorial/web
> > site/manual etc/ where i can gather the concepts of
> > Spin locks in linux, and get a good idea of the
> > commonly used functions like : spin_lock_irqsave()
> > etc.
> > abhishek

> PS : since i am not registered with the list please
> make sure that u peronally send me the reply at
> [email protected]

sheesh, calm down, the answer is coming 8)

The very reliable Rusty's "Unreliable Guide To Locking":
http://kernelnewbies.org/documents/kdoc/kernel-locking/lklockingguide.html

also available at your local hard disk, at
/wherever_you_put_your_linux_sources/Documentation/DocBook

try:

make htmldocs

8)

- Arnaldo

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One of the problems is indeed finding the good bits''
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