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SubjectRe: [DOC PATCH] Remove mention of semaphores from kernel-locking
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On Tuesday 22 April 2008 00:52:30 Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> Since the consensus seems to be to eliminate semaphores where possible,
> we shouldn't be educating people about how to use them as locks.

Agreed.

> Use
> mutexes instead. Semaphores should be described in a separate document
> if we end up keeping them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
>
> (I'll put this patch in the semaphore git tree tomorrow unless I hear
> complaints.)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
> b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl index 435413c..e1f4655 100644
> --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
> @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
> <title>Three Main Types of Kernel Locks: Spinlocks, Mutexes and
> Semaphores</title>
>
> <para>
> - There are three main types of kernel locks. The fundamental type
> + There are two main types of kernel locks. The fundamental type
> is the spinlock
> (<filename class="headerfile">include/asm/spinlock.h</filename>),
> which is a very simple single-holder lock: if you can't get the

Fix title, too?

Thanks for the other fixes too; this document needs some love,

Acked,
Rusty.


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