[Tux3] Tux3 kernel port - stupid semaphore tricks

[Daniel Phillips]

On Friday 19 September 2008 12:22, Maciej Żenczykowski wrote:
> Care to explain, which of these is better, why and when?

Not really better, just different.  Introducing more techniques and ways
of looking at things.  The semaphore hides a state variable.  The wait
queue is likely microscopically faster, which doesn't matter unless you
are doing bulk IO.

Regards,

Daniel

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