Re: [PATCH 0/3] 64-bit futexes: Intro

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Fri May 30 2008 - 23:45:27 EST




On Fri, 30 May 2008, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

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> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > We've had a 32-bit rwsemaphore in the kernel for a *long* time.
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> You misread what I wrote.

No, you do.

The kernel calls reader-writer locks rwsemaphores.

Linus
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