linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/2] semaphores: add down_interruptible

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Message-ID: <20070227003313.GA7360@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:33:13 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	inaky@...ux.intel.com
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, mingo@...hat.com,
	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 0/2] semaphores: add down_interruptible_timeout() and asm-generic/semaphore.h

On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 04:13:38PM -0800, inaky@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> Introduce down_interruptible_timeout() using timers to make the waiter
> stop waiting by simulating a signal (see first patch for more
> details). As well introduce asm-generic/semaphore.h and make other
> architectures use it too.

What do you want this for?  Do you really need a full counting semaphore
or do you actually want a mutex?

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