Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264544AbTFIRHs (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:07:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264555AbTFIRHs (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:07:48 -0400 Received: from zeke.inet.com ([199.171.211.198]:39372 "EHLO zeke.inet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264544AbTFIRHq (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:07:46 -0400 Message-ID: <3EE4C20F.5040304@inet.com> Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:21:19 -0500 From: Eli Carter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lars Unin CC: corbet@lwn.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel spinlocks; when to use; when appropriate? References: <20030609160102.20112.qmail@linuxmail.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 842 Lines: 23 Lars Unin wrote: >>May I humbly suggest a look at Linux Device Drivers, Second Edition? It >>goes over locking primitives in a fair amount of detail, and includes >>examples of their use. Available freely online at: >> >> http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/index.html > > > I'll download it if its any good i'll buy a copy :-) > Then save yourself the bandwidth and just by a copy already! :) Eli --------------------. "If it ain't broke now, Eli Carter \ it will be soon." -- crypto-gram eli.carter(a)inet.com `------------------------------------------------- - 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/