it's surprising that Linus answers peacefully and pedagogically ! and thus it's a nice read to refresh the definition of semaphores, spinlocks and mutexes.
Maybe you can edit the title and add a little [199] :-)
Maybe you can edit the title and add a little [199] :-)
Linus spends much of his time being polite and helpful on many mailing lists, but it's his outbursts that make headlines, and convince the easily convincable that he's "rude".
No, it's not. Quit taking blogs at face value.