Re: POSIX Semaphores

[Nicolas Joly <njoly%pasteur.fr@localhost>]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 02:50:44PM -0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
[...]
> 1. (status quo) Don't touch anything, leave ksem as a module which can 
> only be (and always is) built-in.
> 
> 2. Remove the partial MODULE-arization that has already been done, and 
> treat ksem just like any other mandatory, non-optional part of the 
> kernel.
> 
> 3. Finish the MODULE-arization, which would enable us to unload and 
> reload the module at will, without requiring a reboot.  (The default, of 
> course, would remain including ksem in all kernels, but it would be 
> controlled by an "options BLAH" so a highly-modular kernel could be 
> configured with "nooptions BLAH".)
> 
> Option 1 is easiest, but does it really make sense to have a non-modular 
> module?  :)

The built-in module version has the advantage, over non modular one,
that it can be disabled at run-time if needed.

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Nicolas Joly

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