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    SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 2/3] locking/mutex: Correct documentation on mutex optimistic spinning
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    On Wed, 2014-06-04 at 13:11 -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
    > On Wed, 2014-06-04 at 12:08 -0700, Jason Low wrote:
    > > The mutex optimistic spinning documentation states that we spin for
    > > acquisition when we find that there are no pending waiters. However,
    > > in actuality, whether or not there are waiters for the mutex doesn't
    > > determine if we will spin for it.
    > >
    > > This patch removes that statement and also adds a comment which
    > > mentions that we spin for the mutex while we don't need to reschedule.
    > >
    > > Signed-off-by: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
    >
    > Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>
    >
    > I think this could go in with v4 of the mutex doc rewrite patch...
    > guessing for 3.17 now.

    Yeah, this patch could be for 3.17.

    Thanks,
    Jason



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