[lug] Any detailed docs on spinlocks

[Tkil]

>>>>> "Rama" == Rama Krishna Linga <lrama at legato.com> writes:

Rama> Can you help in finding a complete doc over spinlocks in
Rama> Linux. I read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/spinlock.txt and smp*
Rama> files but they did not appear as complete.

try this:

   http://www.moses.uklinux.net/patches/lki.html
   "Linux Kernel Internals" by Tigran Aivazian

and this:

   http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net:80/wiki/
   Kernel Wiki.  (quick search didn't yeild any useful hits for
   "spinlock", alas.)

finally, the various "spinlock.h" files might be of some use, although
i would guess that finding a driver similar to what you're trying to
do would be more helpful.

t.