Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264469AbTFIPad (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 11:30:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264471AbTFIPad (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 11:30:33 -0400 Received: from 205-158-62-67.outblaze.com ([205.158.62.67]:40609 "EHLO spf13.us4.outblaze.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264469AbTFIPac (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 11:30:32 -0400 Message-ID: <20030609154401.6252.qmail@linuxmail.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.41 (Entity 5.404) From: "Lars Unin" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 23:43:59 +0800 Subject: kernel spinlocks; when to use; when appropriate? X-Originating-Ip: 213.1.33.210 X-Originating-Server: ws5-3.us4.outblaze.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 696 Lines: 21 Hi, When is is appropriate to use spinlocks in the kernel, how are they implemented (e.g. syntax, function names) and can anyone think of a good area of the kernel for me to look at, that uses them? Thanks again for any help. Lars. Thanks double-ly if you give code examples... :-) -- ______________________________________________ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze - 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/