On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Prasad Joshi<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am working on Porting of a windows device driver to Linux. Windows has a > notion of Queued Spinlock. I could not understand how it is different than > normal spinlock, the document says it is faster than a normal spinlock. > > If any one is having more information on Queued Spinlock, please share. > > Is there any equivalent Spinlock in Linux to Queued Spinlock?
Hm, I think this document explains a bit about queued spinlock: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa490204.aspx AFAIK, Linux's spin lock doesn't guarantee ordering. So, the best Linux alternative is just use normal spinlock. NB: Perhaps you should question yourself first "do we really need locking ordering in First Come First served here?" -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
