Re: [PATCH] xfs semaphore count abuse fixes

On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 12:38:21PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> Kill direct access to ->count in valusema(); all we ever use it for is check
> if semaphore is actually locked, which can be trivially done in portable way.
> Code gets more reabable, while we are at it...

Thanks Al, looks good.  The naming convention you've picked is a
bit inconsistent with the rest of the code there (lacks an "a"),
I'll update it and get it merged.

cheers.

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Nathan
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