Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Change DEFINE_SEMAPHORE() to take a number argument

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Change DEFINE_SEMAPHORE() to take a number argument
From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:10:38 -0700
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On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 10:13:48PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [mcgrof: add some tribal knowledge about why some folks prefer
>  binary sempahores over mutexes]

Jeesh, sorry I thought I had replaced the tribal knowledge tibit with
what Matthew had suggested before, will do that in v4.

  Luis

References:
- [PATCH v3 0/2] modules/kmod: replace implementation with a sempahore
  - From: Luis Chamberlain
- [PATCH v3 1/2] Change DEFINE_SEMAPHORE() to take a number argument
  - From: Luis Chamberlain

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