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Re: Posix semaphore between different processes
- To: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at valinux dot com>
- Subject: Re: Posix semaphore between different processes
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Date: 29 Nov 2000 09:37:13 -0800
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <20001129091758.B20745@valinux.com>
- Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)
"H . J . Lu" <hjl@valinux.com> writes:
> Are you suggesting we implement POSIX semaphore in kernel, including
> the inter-thread one?
The current mutex implementation sucks. We need some kind of
mutex/semaphore support in the kernel anyway and this would be used
for all uses. The Solaris guys did lots of research and can up with
the same conclusion.
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