Re: [PATCH 2/3] locking: ww_mutex: Allow to use rt_mutex instead of mutex for the baselock

[Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 2015-03-02 at 09:46 +0100, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Op 02-03-15 om 04:20 schreef Mike Galbraith:
> > On Fri, 2015-02-27 at 17:57 +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> >> This patch makes it possible to replace the base mutex by a rt_mutex. In
> >> general one would not do this.
> > I would argue that the thing should be born as a full fledged primitive,
> > not a config option, as an rt_ww_mutex is the ww extension of rt_mutex.
> > We have to do the global substitution in -rt, but why should it not
> > exist in its own right in mainline? 

> Well I haven't seen any users that specifically need a rt_ww_mutex,
> but flipping the switch on ww_mutex could be useful for testing. :)

Imagine a manufacturer of MRI machines.. they have both hard realtime
constraints and hefty rendering requirements.  I suspect they could find
a use for both.

	-Mike