On 2/17/06, Hareesh Nagarajan <hareesh.nagarajan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [Snip] > I would assume the semaphore is obtained by requesters in read-write order. s/"read-write"/"First In, First out" -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/