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authorAmlal El Mahrouss <amlal@nekernel.org>2025-08-03 10:03:55 +0100
committerAmlal El Mahrouss <amlal@nekernel.org>2025-08-03 10:03:55 +0100
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feat: update papers.
Signed-off-by: Amlal El Mahrouss <amlal@nekernel.org>
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for inserting images
-\title{The BinaryMutex Pattern}
+\title{BinaryMutex}
\author{Amlal El Mahrouss}
\date{\today}
@@ -9,15 +9,11 @@
\maketitle
-\section{Context}
+\section{Abstract}
-The BinaryMutex is a core component of NeKernel (NeKernel/VMKernel) based systems.
+{The BinaryMutex is a core component of NeKernel (NeKernel/VMKernel) based systems. The pattern excludes other acquirers to own the USER\_PROCESS that is currently being hold. Thus the acquiree is the USER\_PROCESS itself}
-The pattern excludes other acquirers to own the USER\_PROCESS that is currently being hold.
-
-Thus the acquiree is the USER\_PROCESS itself
-
-\section{Use Cases}
+\section{Use Case \#1: Process lock for atomic data retrival}
\begin{verbatim}
BinaryMutex mux;
@@ -26,7 +22,9 @@ mux.Lock(process);
// Say we want to interact with the process itself on this thread,
we can then make sure that no race condition happens by using:
constexpr auto kSecondsMax = 5;
-mux.WaitForProcess(kSecondsMax);
+mux.WaitForProcess(kSecondsMax);
+
+process.DoFoo();
\end{verbatim}
\section{Implementation}