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From:   Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
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On 4/4/20 11:35 PM, Bernd Edlinger wrote:
>> To be symmetric with the existing downgrade_write() function, I will
>> choose the name upgrade_read() for the upgrade function.
>>
>> Will that work for you?
>>
> May I ask, if the proposed rwsem will also work for RT-linux,
> or will it be a normal mutex there?

Good question. RT have their own special code for rwsem. I need to take
a look at that to see if something like that is possible.

Cheers,
Longman