Hi LIst, This is about reader-writer spinlocks. The Robert love's book says that Readers are given preference over writers, where as LDD3 says writers are given preference over readers. So which one is correct? And about reader-writer semaphores? Thanks, Rick -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ