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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Replace completions with semaphores
    On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
    > For me it sounds like you just want to rename semaphores to some other
    > name that people don't use them for normal locking?

    Would it really be a good idea to give a synchronization concept that
    behaves exactly like a semaphore another name than "semaphore" ? The
    semaphore concept is well known and is taught in every computer
    science course.

    Bart.


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