Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Jun 2014 12:30:03 +0200 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] locking tree changes for v3.16 |
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On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 02:50:51PM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > On Tue, 2014-06-03 at 13:48 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > Linus, > > > > Please pull the latest locking-core-for-linus git tree from: > > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git locking-core-for-linus > > > > # HEAD: 3cf2f34e1a3d4d5ff209d087925cf950e52f4805 rwsem: Add comments to explain the meaning of the rwsem's count field > > > > 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). > > Also curious about why Peter's rewrite of the qrwlock_t was removed from > -tip... I noticed it was there for a few days then disappeared. What am > I missing?
Ingo is 'missing' most of the time, so while I sit here with a massive queue of patches its nearly impossible for me to get anything merged :-( [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |