Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:33:36 -0400 | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/12] rwsem: make the waiter type an enumeration rather than a bitmask |
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On 03/06/2013 06:21 PM, Michel Lespinasse wrote: > We are not planning to add some new waiter flags, so we can convert the > waiter type into an enumeration. > > Background: David Howells suggested I do this back when I tried adding > a new waiter type for unfair readers. However, I believe the cleanup > applies regardless of that use case.
Given the discussion on patch 10/12 and 11/12, could we benefit from the fair vs. unfair distinction?
> Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
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