Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] locking/mutex: Correct documentation on mutex optimistic spinning | From | Jason Low <> | Date | Wed, 04 Jun 2014 13:30:57 -0700 |
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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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