You are right. I just mixed generic explanation and specific APIs. Regards Mohanlal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Hudec" <bulb@ucw.cz> To: "mohanlal jangir" <mohanlal@samsung.com> Cc: "Shiv Garg" <shivg@samsung.com>; <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 1:19 PM Subject: Re: init_completion, down(mutex) related question On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 10:43:30 +0530, mohanlal jangir wrote: > down and up primitives are used to acquire and release a semaphore, mutex or > any synchronization primitive. init_completion will initialize wait queue Do you need to be reminded, that C is not polymorphic? Also, mutex IS A (special case of) semaphore. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
