RE: Condition Variables

["Rangankar, Manish" <manish.rangankar@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don’t think so. *Completion* are more like step down version of semaphore.  I think wait queue will solve my purpose.

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From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of SandeepKsinha
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:06 PM
To: Michael Blizek
Cc: Rangankar, Manish; kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Condition Variables

 

Manish,

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Michael Blizek <michi1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi!

On 17:03 Thu 13 Aug     , Rangankar, Manish wrote:
> Hi All,
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> I want to know, does Linux supports *conditional variables*?

In userspace: yes
In kernelspace: no, use waitqueues instead

In Kernel,

Will "struct completion" serve your puspose?
 

       -Michi


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