Allow me to display my ignorance a moment.
Are there blocking lock primitives already defined somewhere in the
kernel?
It just seems that
while( lockvar )
sleep_on( &lockwaitq );
along with its various permutations would be commonly used and worthy of
being made into a generic sleep lock. A few blind greps through the
source didn't find anything that caught my eye.
If there aren't, would a patch to add them be of interest to anyone?
Input on design details welcome.
TIA,
Eli
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