linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Change DEFINE_SEMAPHORE() to take a number argument

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Message-ID: <ZDmJDq/9qU52TgMd@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:10:38 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     david@...hat.com, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Change DEFINE_SEMAPHORE() to take a number
 argument

On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 10:13:48PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> [mcgrof: add some tribal knowledge about why some folks prefer
>  binary sempahores over mutexes]

Jeesh, sorry I thought I had replaced the tribal knowledge tibit with
what Matthew had suggested before, will do that in v4.

  Luis