Davidlohr Bueso
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At a slight footprint cost (24 vs 32 bytes), mutexes are more optimal than semaphores; it's also a nicer interface for mutual exclusion, which is why they are encouraged over binary semaphores, when possible. For both v_sem and z_sem, their semantics imply traditional lock ownership; that is, the lock owner is the same for both lock/unlock operations. Therefore it is safe to convert. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> Acked-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191030144916.10802-1-dave@stgolabs.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.