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DateThu, 7 Jun 2007 09:30:21 +0200
FromIngo Molnar <>
SubjectRe: [RFC] [Patch 4/4] lock contention tracking slimmed down
* Martin Peschke <mp3@de.ibm.com> wrote:

> Bill Huey (hui) wrote:
> > There are roughly about 400 locks in a normal kernel for a desktop. The
> > list is rather cumbersome anyways so, IMO, it really should be handled
> > by parsing tools, etc... There could be more properties attached to each
> > lock especially if you intend to get this to work on -rt which need more
> > things reported.
> 
> Adding stuff to an already wide table in a readable fashion is more 
> difficult than making a list longer.
> 
> Do mean I might submit this stuff for -rt?

Firstly, submit cleanup patches that _do not change the output_. If you 
have any output changes, do it as a separate patch, ontop of the cleanup 
patch. Mixing material changes and cleanups into a single patch is a 
basic patch submission mistake that will only earn you NACKs.

	Ingo
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