Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:24:30 +0000 |
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On Mer, 2005-12-14 at 12:08 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > 1) the BKL change hasn't finished, and we're 5 years down the line. API > changes done gradual tend to take forever in practice, esp if there's no > "compile" incentive for people to fix things.
This isn't a "fix" however, its merely a performance tweak. Drivers using the old API are not a problem because
a) The old API is needed long term for true counting sem users b) Its a minor performance hit at most
Thats rather different to the BKL
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