Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:35:53 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/12]: MUTEX: Implement mutexes |
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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > What's the reason not to just use DECLARE_SEM and DECLARE_SEM_LOCKED?
I still don't see the reason for _any_ of these changes.
There's one big reason to stay with what we have: it's always better to not make changes unnecessarily. That's a BIG reason. It's the _changes_ that need to have strong arguments for them as actually buying us something.
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