David Teigland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 01:54:08AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > David Teigland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > We export our full dlm API through read/write/poll on a misc device. > > > > > > > inotify did that for a while, but we ended up going with a straight syscall > > interface. > > > > How fat is the dlm interface? ie: how many syscalls would it take? > > Four functions: > create_lockspace() > release_lockspace() > lock() > unlock()
Neat. I'd be inclined to make them syscalls then. I don't suppose anyone is likely to object if we reserve those slots. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
