On Mon, 23 Dec 2024, Hillf Danton wrote: > 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. I'm sorry but I don't understand what you are saying. Could you please give more details about your concern? Are you concerned about correctness? Performance? Maintainability? Something else? Thanks, NeilBrown
