David Teigland <teigland@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 01:54:08AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > David Teigland <teigland@xxxxxxxxxx> 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. -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
