> Attached is an untested patch for LiS. AK doesn't like the
> read/write_lock. AFAIK it will work for LiS but might not work
> for AFS.
It is not so much that he does not like it but you _cannot_ sleep while
holding a spinlock. It is not just his style but common sense.
grab lock -> sleep -> new task grabs same lock -> deadlock
You need to use a semaphore here or find some other way to provide
protection without becoming atomic.
Robert Love
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