Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262118AbTERQRe (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 May 2003 12:17:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262120AbTERQRe (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 May 2003 12:17:34 -0400 Received: from franka.aracnet.com ([216.99.193.44]:9869 "EHLO franka.aracnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262118AbTERQRd (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 May 2003 12:17:33 -0400 Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 09:30:17 -0700 From: "Martin J. Bligh" To: ptb@it.uc3m.es, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: recursive spinlocks. Shoot. Message-ID: <19930000.1053275409@[10.10.2.4]> In-Reply-To: <200305180921.h4I9LdD13274@oboe.it.uc3m.es> References: <200305180921.h4I9LdD13274@oboe.it.uc3m.es> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.2.1 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 387 Lines: 12 > Here's a before-breakfast implementation of a recursive spinlock. That > is, the same thread can "take" the spinlock repeatedly. Why? M. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/