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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 18:53:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fast Userspace Mutexes III.
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On 4 Mar 2002, Robert Love wrote:

> On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 17:15, Davide Libenzi wrote:
>
> > That's great. What if the process holding the mutex dies while there're
> > sleeping tasks waiting for it ?
>
> I can't find an answer in the code (meaning the lock is lost...) and no
> one has yet answered.  Davide, have you noticed anything?

not inside the code i saw yesterday ...


> I think this needs a proper solution..

i think so, even if it'll make things a bit more complex ...



- Davide


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