On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 08:25:32AM -0700, Samuel T Ting wrote: > Can somebody explain what locking is in terms of read_lock, spin_lock, > write_lock, and the like? What is the concept of locking defined to be, > and how is it used in kernel 2.4? See the kernel locking guide in the documents section on kernelnewbies.org, and/or have a look in the Linux device drivers book (link available in the books page on kernelnewbies.org). Erik -- J.A.K. (Erik) Mouw, Information and Communication Theory Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology and Systems, Delft University of Technology, PO BOX 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands Phone: +31-15-2783635 Fax: +31-15-2781843 Email: J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl WWW: http://www-ict.its.tudelft.nl/~erik/ - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
