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authorpatacongo <patacongo@42af7a65-404d-4744-a932-0658087f49c3>2012-03-23 20:14:21 +0000
committerpatacongo <patacongo@42af7a65-404d-4744-a932-0658087f49c3>2012-03-23 20:14:21 +0000
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Updated comments; starting to implement priority protection but backed everything out but some changes to comments
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@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ defconfig -- This is a configuration file similar to the Linux
errorcheck mutexes. Enables pthread_mutexattr_settype().
CONFIG_PRIORITY_INHERITANCE - Set to enable support for
priority inheritance on mutexes and semaphores.
+ Priority inheritance is a strategy for addressing priority
+ inversion.
CONFIG_SEM_PREALLOCHOLDERS: This setting is only used if priority
inheritance is enabled. It defines the maximum number of
different threads (minus one) that can take counts on a