linux-kernel - Re: WaitForMultipleObjects/etc. In Kernel

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Date:	Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:33:16 +0100
From:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
To:	Network Nut <sillystack@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: WaitForMultipleObjects/etc. In Kernel

Network Nut wrote:
> I think that the facility by which a thread can block while waiting for any
> of several synchronization primitives (*mutex*, *semaphore*, *event*, *waitable
> timer*)...is not only "nice to have", but fundamental to complex (clean)
> multi-threaded programming.

You mean a facility like (e)poll, which can wait for things like timerfd,
signalfd, or eventfd?

Regards,
Clemens
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