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Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 17:34:05 -0700
From: yodaiken@fsmlabs.com
To: Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: Multithreaded locks.c
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On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 10:57:57AM +1100, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Even the DG/UX manpage doesn't say what happens when you sidegrade
> the lock.  LOCK_EX->LOCK_EX :)

Suggested code:
         printk("Don't do that\n"); return -EKNUCKLEHEAD;


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