On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 07:12:55PM +0200, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> > > That doesn't work, at least the i386 semaphore implementation
> doesn't
> > > support semaphore counts < 0.
> >
> > Does that mean that kernel semaphore can not be used for something
> > else than mutual exclusion ?
> >
> It's a bit better: counts >= 0 are supported, i.e. you can call up()
> before down(), and that's used in several places.
I see... it's somewhat different than the classical semaphore
implementation, but usable anyway.
> The for loop that Nigel proposed should solve your problem. Multiple
> up's are handled correctly.
Now I understand his suggestion. Thanks to both of you.
Stelian.
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