Re: [patch] Add a writer prior lock methord for rwlock

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 11:09, Liu Tao wrote:
> The patch adds the write_forcelock() methord, which has higher priority than
> read_lock() and write_lock(). The original read_lock() and write_lock() 
> is not
> touched, and the unlock methord is still write_unlock();
> The patch gives implemention on i386, for kernel 2.6.7.

can you please elaborate what kind of usage scenarios this would be
useful ? It would be nice to know what this is for ;)

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