Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:21:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:21:14 -0500 Received: from runyon.sfbay.redhat.com ([205.180.230.5]:43739 "HELO cygnus.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:21:02 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Futexes IV (Fast Lightweight Userspace Semaphores) From: Ulrich Drepper To: Peter =?ISO-8859-1?Q?W=E4chtler?= Cc: Rusty Russell , martin.wirth@dlr.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3C9867AA.8070008@loewe-komp.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-qWV3M68KC/dy/n/9fEZY" X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2 (1.0.2-0.7x) Date: 20 Mar 2002 09:20:53 -0800 Message-Id: <1016644853.2393.54.camel@myware.mynet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-qWV3M68KC/dy/n/9fEZY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 02:42, Peter W=E4chtler wrote: > Well, mutexes are not semaphores. Why not have fusema or fuma? > They are good for thread pools where you want several workers. I have absolutely no objections whatsoever to get semaphore support in the kernel. It would be much more efficient in some situations and the basic infrastructures is already there. If you can convince the powers there are to accept such a patch I'm all for it. --=20 ---------------. ,-. 1325 Chesapeake Terrace Ulrich Drepper \ ,-------------------' \ Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Red Hat `--' drepper at redhat.com `------------------------ --=-qWV3M68KC/dy/n/9fEZY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA8mMT02ijCOnn/RHQRAtjmAJ41WgP5Lcw9UlpZ17/4tX4SAnYuEQCZAcHq +xA84L7os/KI2hr+/r4ezY4= =SZFz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-qWV3M68KC/dy/n/9fEZY-- - 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/