Re: [PATCH 0/1] Better i2c access latencies in high load situations

[Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala-xNZwKgViW5gAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Jean,

On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 13:49 +0200, ext Jean Delvare wrote:

> Can you please define "get a kick"? I don't know anything about
> rt_mutex.
> 

Sorry for using a vague metaphor. Documentation/rt-mutex.txt explains it
as:

"A low priority owner of a rt-mutex inherits the priority of a higher
priority waiter until the rt-mutex is released. If the temporarily
boosted owner blocks on a rt-mutex itself it propagates the priority
boosting to the owner of the other rt_mutex it gets blocked on. The
priority boosting is immediately removed once the rt_mutex has been
unlocked."

You might want to also take a look at Documentation/rt-mutex-design.txt

--Mika