Messages in this thread | | | From | Bodo Eggert <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Replace completions with semaphores | Date | Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:22:46 +0200 |
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Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
What about calling it counting_semaphore, if it's to be used for this purpose?
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