Re: SMP linux help

Jeff Garzik (mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu)
Sun, 5 Sep 1999 19:59:54 +0200 (CEST)


> yes. The kernel lock can be best described as a 'spin-semaphore'. We might

to be more accurate, a 'recursive-spin-semaphore'.

-- mingo

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