Re: [PATCH] Fast Userspace Mutexes III.

Davide Libenzi (davidel@xmailserver.org)
Mon, 4 Mar 2002 19:55:19 -0800 (PST)


On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Rusty Russell wrote:

> In message <1015293007.882.87.camel@phantasy> you write:
> > On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 17:15, Davide Libenzi wrote:
> >
> > > That's great. What if the process holding the mutex dies while there're
> > > sleeping tasks waiting for it ?
> >
> > I can't find an answer in the code (meaning the lock is lost...) and no
> > one has yet answered. Davide, have you noticed anything?
> >
> > I think this needs a proper solution..
>
> No. From my previous post:

Uhmm, you better comment this one.

"please do not die while holding it, please ..."

:-)

- Davide

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