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SubjectRe: [git pull] scheduler fixes

* Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> wrote:

> Current XFS CVS has a fix from myself and Christoph that gets rid of
> the l_flushsema and replaces it with a staggered wakeup of each task
> that's waiting as the previously woken task clears the critical
> section.

the solution is to reduce semaphore usage by converting them to mutexes.
Is anyone working on removing legacy semaphore use from XFS?

Ingo


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