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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: export of sys_call_table
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
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On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 18:20, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote:

> This version (courtesy of Dave Grothe at GCOM) uses up/down
> semaphore instead of read/write spinlocks.

> +static rwlock_t streams_call_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
> +	read_lock(&streams_call_lock);
> +	read_unlock(&streams_call_lock);
> +	read_lock(&streams_call_lock);
> +	read_unlock(&streams_call_lock);
> +	write_lock(&streams_call_lock);
> +	write_unlock(&streams_call_lock);

Eh?  These are all read-write spinlocks, not semaphores.

	Robert Love

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