RE: Semaphore and Spinlock

2015-04-27 Thread Jeff Haran
> -Original Message- > From: kernelnewbies-boun...@kernelnewbies.org [mailto:kernelnewbies- > boun...@kernelnewbies.org] On Behalf Of Ruben > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 12:10 PM > To: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org > Subject: Re: Semaphore and Spinlock > >

Re: Semaphore and Spinlock

2015-04-27 Thread Ruben
On 04/27/2015 12:31 PM, Jeff Haran wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: kernelnewbies-bounces+jharan=bytemobile@kernelnewbies.org >> [mailto:kernelnewbies- >> bounces+jharan=bytemobile@kernelnewbies.org] On Behalf Of >> Abhishek Bist >> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 6:19 AM >> To:

RE: Semaphore and Spinlock

2015-04-27 Thread Jeff Haran
> -Original Message- > From: kernelnewbies-bounces+jharan=bytemobile@kernelnewbies.org > [mailto:kernelnewbies- > bounces+jharan=bytemobile@kernelnewbies.org] On Behalf Of > Abhishek Bist > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 6:19 AM > To: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org > Subject: Semapho

Re: Semaphore and Spinlock

2015-04-27 Thread Ruben Safir
On 04/27/2015 09:18 AM, Abhishek Bist wrote: > [ Semaphores are a bit like spinlocks, except the holder of a semaphore is a > process, not a CPU. ] > This is a very first line that is bein written on the description of > semaphore on kernel newbies.So what are the different parameter > that coul