Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932355AbVJCQbY (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 12:31:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932324AbVJCQbY (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 12:31:24 -0400 Received: from outgoing.tpinternet.pl ([193.110.120.20]:19149 "EHLO outgoing.tpinternet.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751164AbVJCQbX (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 12:31:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4341381D.2060807@adaptec.com> References: <547AF3BD0F3F0B4CBDC379BAC7E4189F01A9FA11@otce2k03.adaptec.com> <1128105594.10079.109.camel@bluto.andrew> <433D9035.6000504@adaptec.com> <1128111290.10079.147.camel@bluto.andrew> <433DA0DF.9080308@adaptec.com> <1128114950.10079.170.camel@bluto.andrew> <433DB5D7.3020806@adaptec.com> <9B90AC8A-A678-4FFE-B42D-796C8D87D65B@neostrada.pl> <4341381D.2060807@adaptec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Cc: andrew.patterson@hp.com, "Salyzyn, Mark" , dougg@torque.net, Linus Torvalds , Luben Tuikov , SCSI Mailing List , Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Marcin Dalecki Subject: Re: I request inclusion of SAS Transport Layer and AIC-94xx into the kernel Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 18:29:02 +0200 To: Luben Tuikov X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 813 Lines: 27 On 2005-10-03, at 15:54, Luben Tuikov wrote: > On 09/30/05 19:42, Marcin Dalecki wrote: > >> On 2005-10-01, at 00:01, Luben Tuikov wrote: >> >> >>> Why should synchronization between Process A and Process B >>> reading storage attributes take place in the kernel? >>> >>> They can synchronize in user space. >>> >> >> >> In a mandatory and transparent way? How? > > Futex, userspace mutex, etc. All through a user > space library interface. They give a means of possible synchronization between beneviolent users, but not a mandatory lock on the shared resource. - 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/