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SubjectRe: [PATCH 07/10] generic rwsem: implement down_read_critical() / up_read_critical()
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 03:44:24PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> You didn't update the comment for the new name here...
>
> > - when the rwsem is write owned, down_read_unfair() callers get queued in
> > front of threads trying to acquire the rwsem by other means.
>
> .. or here. In this case, it really is more about "unfairness", but I'm
> not convinced it should be so in the naming anyway, even if internally it
> might be __down_read_unfair. "critical" I think covers both.

Gah! Sorry for missing the comment updates. I agree with you on the naming,
I just didn't remember about the comment.

Will send identical patch with the correct comment as reply to this.

> Anyway, the series looks mostly acceptable to me in this form. I think it
> conceptually works out, and I think that the non-preemption guarantee
> should mean that starvation of writers is not likely an issue. However,
> I'd definitely like some second opinions on it. I'm not going to apply
> this series without acks from people. So you should try to convince DavidH
> too that this actually really does matter and makes sense.

I'll see what I can do here. Thanks !

--
Michel "Walken" Lespinasse
A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies.


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