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Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 10:20:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Lightweight userspace semaphores...
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Rusty Russell wrote:
>
> > 1) Interface is: open /dev/usem, pread, pwrite.
>
> i like the patch, but the interface is ugly IMO. Why not new syscalls?

I agree - I dislike magic device files a whole lot more than just abotu
every alternative.

Also, one thing possibly worth looking into is to just put the actual
semaphore contents into a regular file backed setup.

		Linus

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