Re: generic sleeping locks?

From: Rusty Russell (rusty@linuxcare.com.au)
Date: Mon Dec 18 2000 - 19:06:35 EST

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In message <3A3E98E9.F68BC13A@inet.com> you write:
> Alan Cox wrote:
> >
> > > Are there blocking lock primitives already defined somewhere in the
> > > kernel?
> >
> > down and up are normally appropriate for this
>
> Ungh. Forest. Trees. *sigh* Sorry for the dumb question.
> Thanks for the reply Alan. :)
>
> Ok, second part of the question: What about blocking read/write locks
> (with _interruptible variants)?

Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking*

Rusty.

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