On Sunday, May 19, 2024 3:24:26 PM CDT Elizabeth Figura wrote:
This patch series implements a new char misc driver, /dev/ntsync, which is used to implement Windows NT synchronization primitives.
NT synchronization primitives are unique in that the wait functions both are vectored, operate on multiple types of object with different behaviour (mutex, semaphore, event), and affect the state of the objects they wait on. This model is not compatible with existing kernel synchronization objects or interfaces, and therefore the ntsync driver implements its own wait queues and locking.
This patch series is rebased against the "char-misc-next" branch of gregkh/char-misc.git.
Hi Peter,
Sorry to bother, but now that the Linux merge window is closed could I request a review of this revision of the ntsync patch set, please (or a review from another locking maintainer)?
I believe I've addressed all of the comments from the last review, except those which would have changed the existing userspace API (although since the driver isn't really functional yet, maybe this would have been fine to do anyway?)
Thanks, Zeb