[Click] write handler synchronization
Roman Chertov
rchertov at cs.ucsb.edu
Thu Nov 13 12:55:34 EST 2008
> Yes. Simply mark the handler as NONEXCLUSIVE using the
> Handler::NONEXCLUSIVE flag. Then you'll need to handle synchronization,
> but the handler won't block.
>
Excellent :) Just one last question. Are there limitations on what
synchronization primitives I can use? Especially, spinlock vs. a mutex.
The data copy from the clickfs into the kernel space takes place
before the handler is called, so there should be no restriction of using
a spinlock, right?
Roman
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