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Re: New manpage: locking(9)



On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 03:18:48AM +0200, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
> 
> I see no reason to capitulate and drop the original naming, refreshed
> for the current kernel design in favor of some invented linuxism.

You're going to cause massive confusion if you write documentation
intended for kernel beginners that uses the terms "top half" and
"bottom half" to mean something different than Linux means.  Like it or
not, the Linux use of these terms is the prevalent one and has been for
a decade or more.

Thor


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