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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:49:32 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Alex Shi <alex.shi@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] rwsem: Implement writer lock-stealing
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* Alex Shi <alex.shi@intel.com> wrote:

> On 02/09/2013 10:45 AM, Michel Lespinasse wrote:
> > This proposal implements writer lock stealing in lib/rwsem.c, just as
> > Alex Shi's earlier proposal did for the simpler lib/rwsem-spinlock.c
> 
> Ops, my patch in tip/urgent is for rwsem. Yuanhan's patch is 
> for rwsem-spinlock.

Your rwsem patch is queued up for v3.9, in the tip:core/locking 
tree:

  3a15e0e0cdda rwsem: Implement writer lock-stealing for better scalability

Michel, mind having a look at that and possibly generate a delta 
patch, if your patch has changes we should apply?

Thanks,

	Ingo