Re: [patch] Real-Time Preemption, -RT-2.6.9-rc4-mm1-U8

[Timothy Miller]

Bill Huey (hui) wrote:

> You use a semaphore to protect data, a completion isn't protecting data
> but preserving a certain kind of wait ordering in the code. The
> possibility of overloading the current mutex_t for PI makes for a conceptual
> mismatch when used in this case since having a kind of priority for
> completions is a bit odd. It's better to flat out use a completion
> instead, IMO.


Could you please define "completion" for me in this context?

Thanks.

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