Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:38:39 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: RT Mutex patch and tester [PREEMPT_RT] |
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* Esben Nielsen <simlo@phys.au.dk> wrote:
> Hi, > I have updated it: > > 1) Now ALL_TASKS_PI is 0 again. Only RT tasks will be added to > task->pi_waiters. Therefore we avoid taking the owner->pi_lock when the > waiter isn't RT. > 2) Merged into 2.6.15-rt6. > 3) Updated the tester to test the hand over of BKL, which was mentioned > as a potential issue by Bill Huey. Also added/adjusted the tests for the > ALL_TASKS_PI==0 setup. > (I really like unittesting: If someone points out an issue or finds a bug, > make a test first demonstrating the problem. Then fixing the code is a lot > easier - especially in this case where I run rt.c in userspace where I can > easily use gdb.)
looks really nice to me. In particular i like the cleanup effect:
5 files changed, 490 insertions(+), 744 deletions(-)
right now Thomas is merging hrtimer-latest to -rt, which temporarily blocks merging of intrusive patches - but i'll try to merge your patch after Thomas is done. (hopefully later today)
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