I wrote:
It looks like fi->complete_sem is a actually a counting semaphore. It could perhaps be replaced by a wait queue plus an atomic counter.
...which would be a semaphore. %-| -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-==- -==- ==--- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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