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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:07:43 +0800
From: "jidong xiao" <jidong.xiao@gmail.com>
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Subject: [linux-kernel]Why there are so many struct rw_semaphore being defined?
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I see struct rw_semaphore is defined in
include/linux/rwsem-spinlock.h,in the meanwhile, I also can find it in
include/asm-**/rwsem.h,for
example,include/asm-i386/rwsem.h,include/asm-x86_64/rwsem.h,why?which
one should be used?

Thanks
Jason Xiao