Hi
I'm trying to understand locking in linux and as I go along I see references to time issues when using spinlocks and semaphores.
How long should spinlock be held before it is better to use semaphore ? Does this vary among different architectures (eg. i386 and arm) ?
regards, h
--
hinko<dot>kocevar<at> iskramedical<dot>si Hinko Kocevar, developer "AÃ rÃn" Iskra Medical d.o.o. [Analects XII:22] Stegne 23, 1k LJ, SLO-EU
-- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
