Re: [RFC] Add support for semaphore-like structure with support for asynchronous I/O

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On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 09:20:57PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> ty den 05.04.2005 Klokka 11:46 (-0400) skreiv Benjamin LaHaise:
> 
> > I can see that goal, but I don't think introducing iosems is the right 
> > way to acheive it.  Instead (and I'll start tackling this), how about 
> > factoring out the existing semaphore implementations to use a common 
> > lib/semaphore.c, much like lib/rwsem.c?  The iosems can be used as a 
> > basis for the implementation, but we can avoid having to do a giant 
> > s/semaphore/iosem/g over the kernel tree.
> 
> If you're willing to take this on then you have my full support and I'd
> be happy to lend a hand.

I would expect also that some RT subgroups would be highly interested in
getting it to respect priority for reworking parts of softirq.

bill

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