Re: New manpage: locking(9)

[Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>]

On 22.06.2015 18:43, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> 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
> 

It's sufficient to describe what happens on the other penguin hemisphere
(where thing are upside down) and what are the differences with the
daemon side. The comparison will give the full picture.