On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, Sourav Sen wrote:
>
> In many parts of the kernel, I have seen both semaphore is taken
> (eg. down(¤t->mm->mmap_sem)) as well as kernel lock (lock_kernel())
> is also taken, why both are required? Whats the purpose of each?
>
because the semaphore is really needed (by desi
In many parts of the kernel, I have seen both semaphore is taken
(eg. down(¤t->mm->mmap_sem)) as well as kernel lock (lock_kernel())
is also taken, why both are required? Whats the purpose of each?
~sourav
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