Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267204AbTGHLMB (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 07:12:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267166AbTGHLMA (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 07:12:00 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:35339 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267204AbTGHLL4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 07:11:56 -0400 To: Alex Tomas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] parallel directory operations References: <87wuetukpa.fsf@gw.home.net.suse.lists.linux.kernel> From: Andi Kleen Date: 08 Jul 2003 13:26:31 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87wuetukpa.fsf@gw.home.net.suse.lists.linux.kernel> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 480 Lines: 8 Alex Tomas writes: > dynamic locks. supports exclusive and shared locks. exclusive lock may > be taken several times by first owner. What's the difference between these locks and the existing rw semaphores? -Andi - 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/