From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753649AbYGMI2e (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:28:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751153AbYGMI20 (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:28:26 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:40819 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751085AbYGMI20 (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:28:26 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:28:16 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: "Jakub W. Jozwicki" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mgross@linux.intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25.10] pm_qos_params: change spinlock to rwlock Message-Id: <20080713012816.8c136efa.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <200807130119.19663.jozwicki@aster.pl> References: <200807130119.19663.jozwicki@aster.pl> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:19:19 +0200 "Jakub W. Jozwicki" wrote: > Concurrent calls to pm_qos_requirement shouldn't block each other. This patch > changes spinlock to rwlock and fixes issues with PREEMPT_RT. "fixes issues" is nowhere near an adequate description. Please provide complete descriptions for kernel patches. That includes describing the mysterious "issue" in full! Thanks.