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Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:53:36 -0700
From: "Brian J. Watson" <Brian.J.Watson@compaq.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.7 read/write semaphore trylock routines
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"Brian J. Watson" wrote:
> 
> Linus-
> 
> This patch adds non-blocking routines for grabbing read/write
> semaphores. David Howells has seen it already, and has no problem with
> it. I've hammered on both the i386 and generic versions with a
> contention test, and the code works correctly.
> 
> I think it's ready to be included.
> 

Sorry. I'm just getting used to mail, since Netscape mangles patches. This is my real reply address. bwatson@sandbass.cpqcorp.net is invalid.


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