Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Jun 2014 14:55:26 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] locking tree changes for v3.16 |
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On Tue, 03 Jun 2014 14:50:51 -0700 Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> wrote:
> > The main changes in this cycle were: > > > > - reduced/streamlined smp_mb__*() interface that allows more usecases > > and makes the existing ones less buggy, especially in rarer > > architectures > > > > - add rwsem implementation comments > > > > - bump up lockdep limits > > So I guess the rwsem optimistic spinning stuff will be routed through > akpm then (which is already in -next for a while, through -mm).
I'd prefer not - I put it in there just to get some linux-next exposure. A change like this should be carefully poked at by people who understand what they're poking.
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