> Why does the mutex not link blocked processes though the
> sleep queue linked list entry? Why does it use the run queue entry?
Because in some cases its necessary for a process to acquire
mutexes while its on the sleep queue. If they used the same
linkage the queues would get corrupted.
> In KSEs the sleep queue and run queue enties go into different
> sub structures and ahve different types so this breaks...
> do I need to do something sleazy or can I just link them together using the
> equivalemt of the p_slpq entry?
It seems to me that whatever gets placed on the run queues
should also be what goes on the mutex queues.
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