On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 09:45:24AM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > * + if (create) > + down_write(&ip->i_rw_mutex); > + else > + down_read(&ip->i_rw_mutex); > > why do you use a rwsem and not a regular semaphore? You are aware that > rwsems are far more expensive than regular ones right? How skewed is > the read/write ratio?
Rough tests show around 4/1, that high or low? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
