Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:04:10 -0800 | | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: rw_lock lessons learned |
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On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:06:44 -0500 William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com> wrote:
> + NOTE! We are working hard to remove reader-writer spinlocks from the > + network stack, so please don't add a new one. (Instead, see > + Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt for complete information.)
It is not just networking, so don't single that out.
Also, should mention -RT kernel and locking here (Appendix?)
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