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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:54:04 -0800
From: "Brian J. Watson" <Brian.J.Watson@compaq.com>
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To: "Kendrick M. Smith" <kmsmith@umich.edu>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.18-pre9, trylock for read/write semaphores
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"Kendrick M. Smith" wrote:
> I just returned from vacation and saw this thread.  I also need trylock()
> routines for read-write semaphores for NFS version 4, but you're way ahead
> of me: I hadn't even started to implement them yet, and have been working
> around the deficiency.  So I would really like to see some variant of this
> patch go into the 2.5.x series eventually.  Anything I can do to help out?


Can you test it on 2.5? It applies cleanly and builds with 2.5.3, but I
was having trouble booting the 2.5 kernel on RedHat 7.2. Not needing to
work on 2.5 just yet, I gave up rather quickly and just tested on 2.4.

Anyway, I can send you my test patch and a brief description of what I
looked for to make sure it was working on 2.4.

-- 
Brian Watson                | "Now I don't know, but I been told it's
Linux Kernel Developer      |  hard to run with the weight of gold,
Open SSI Clustering Project |  Other hand I heard it said, it's
Compaq Computer Corp        |  just as hard with the weight of lead."
Los Angeles, CA             |     -Robert Hunter, 1970

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