On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:52 PM, bhanu nani <bhanu.lnxnew@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Fabio, > > My understanding: Semaphore are the tools to protect a region of code > by bloking access to other threads access while the first thead is An important point to note here is that you are not protecting the code, its the data structure or variable you are protecting. > global x; > up > /* critical section - any thing*/ > *fpos+=count; > mystruct->size = *fpos; > mystruct->xxx = *fpos+ count; > down > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
