[haiku-development] Re: Replaced all instances of benaphores in the kernel code by mutexes

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 09:53:34 +0200 CEST

Clemens Zeidler <clemens.zeidler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> But I can't really find a definition of a mutex. Could you explain 
> what  
> mutex means in haiku?

It's more or less the same thing as a benaphore, but it does not use a 
semaphore when it has to lock, but uses the same native mechanism that 
semaphores are now using as well. Like semaphores without the 
management overhead or limit.

Bye,
   Axel.


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