Re: [PATCH] exclusive wakeup for lock_buffer

From: Marcelo Tosatti (marcelo@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Tue Feb 20 2001 - 15:30:29 EST


On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> > --- linux/include/linux/locks.h.orig Mon Feb 19 23:16:50 2001
> > +++ linux/include/linux/locks.h Mon Feb 19 23:21:48 2001
> > @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
> > * lock buffers.
> > */
> > extern void __wait_on_buffer(struct buffer_head *);
> > +extern void __lock_buffer(struct buffer_head *);
>
> So are we starting 2.5 now ?

Alan,

This patch only avoids unecessary wakeups. It doesn't add any new
functionality.

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