Re: Do not deprecate binary semaphore or do allow mutex in softwareinterrupt contexts

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:29:19 -0700 (PDT)
Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Not being too familiar with the timer stuff, it smells wrong what
> > you say.
> 
> Why?

timers and sleeping locks really shouldn't be mixed.
It ends up in general as more complex, fragile and weird...

But feel free to prove us otherwise with real code...
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