Re: [patch 0/2] semaphores: add down_interruptible_timeout() and asm-generic/semaphore.h

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 04:13:38PM -0800, inaky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Introduce down_interruptible_timeout() using timers to make the waiter
> stop waiting by simulating a signal (see first patch for more
> details). As well introduce asm-generic/semaphore.h and make other
> architectures use it too.

What do you want this for?  Do you really need a full counting semaphore
or do you actually want a mutex?

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