Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Oct 2002 07:36:46 +0200 | From | Manfred Spraul <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH]updated ipc lock patch |
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Andrew Morton wrote:
>Hugh Dickins wrote: > > >>... >>Manfred and I have both reviewed the patch (or the 2.5.44 version) >>and we both recommend it highly (well, let Manfred speak for himself). >> >> >> > >OK, thanks. > >So I took a look. Wish I hadn't :( The locking rules in there >are outrageously uncommented. You must be brave people. > > Ahm. No idea who wrote the current locking. But the patch is very nice, it reduces the lock contention without increasing the number of spinlock calls.
-- Manfred
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