On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 20:25 +0000, Chris Rankin wrote: [...] > Actually, the lock *is* protecting a specific data > object. I was merely looking for advice on the > *strength* of the lock that I would need in each of > the different contexts. Ooops, then I misread/misunderstand your mail. Hmm, do you know http://www.kernelnewbies.org/documents/kdoc/kernel-locking/lklockingguide.html? Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
