On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:10:07 +1100 NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> > On Sat, 21 Dec 2024, Hillf Danton wrote: > > Inventing anything like mutex sounds bad. > > In general I would agree. But when the cost of adding a mutex exceeds > the cost of using an alternate solution that only requires 2 bits, I > think the alternate solution is justified. > Inode deserves more than the 2 bits before such a solution is able to rework mutex.
