Re: [PATCH] optimization for sys_semtimedop() (was: Opening Day forOpenSolaris)

[Robert Gadsdon]

IANAL, but if this is from 'OpenSolaris sources' then surely it would be 
incompatible with the GPL?

Robert Gadsdon.

Manfred Spraul wrote:
> Hi,
>
> semtimedop() performs a semaphore operation and if the operation cannot 
> be performed immediately, then the function blocks until the timeout 
> expires.
> The current Linux implementation loads the timeout immediately, even if 
> the operation doesn't block.
> As explained in the OpenSolaris sources, this is not needed. The 
> attached patch changes the Linux code.
>
> The patch is trivial, but not tested. It shrinks the .text size by 32 
> bytes on x86.
>
> --
>    Manfred
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