From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: len.brown@intel.com, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl, rdunlap@xenotime.net,
ebiederm@xmission.com, pavel@ucw.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] PM / Docs: Recommend the use of [un]lock_system_sleep() over mutex_[un]lock(&pm_mutex)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 09:59:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111205175954.GH627@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EDD05C6.8080809@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 11:26:22PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> Yes, that sounds good. No need for giving unnecessary choices :-)
> But I had worded the documentation that way with the intention of
> explaining why calling mutex_lock() over pm_mutex can be disastrous (which
> I mentioned in the commit message as one of the goals of the patch).
> I didn't mean it to give the user 2 choices and say please use
> [un]lock_system_sleep() preferably.
>
> Although, we have to notice that unless somebody is acquainted with
> these APIs, the first instinct would probably be to directly use
> mutex_lock(), until they look up the documentation (hopefully).
> So, IMHO, it would do good to keep the explanation in the docs as
> it is, in this patch. What do you think?
Yeah, sounds good to me.
Thanks.
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tejun
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-04 20:02 [PATCH 1/3] PM / Sleep: Make [un]lock_system_sleep() generic Srivatsa S. Bhat
2011-12-04 20:03 ` [PATCH 2/3] PM / Sleep: Replace mutex_[un]lock(&pm_mutex) with [un]lock_system_sleep() Srivatsa S. Bhat
2011-12-04 20:03 ` [PATCH 3/3] PM / Docs: Recommend the use of [un]lock_system_sleep() over mutex_[un]lock(&pm_mutex) Srivatsa S. Bhat
2011-12-05 17:15 ` Tejun Heo
2011-12-05 17:38 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2011-12-05 17:43 ` Tejun Heo
2011-12-05 17:56 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2011-12-05 17:59 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2011-12-05 17:14 ` [PATCH 1/3] PM / Sleep: Make [un]lock_system_sleep() generic Tejun Heo
2011-12-05 17:25 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2011-12-05 17:30 ` Tejun Heo
2011-12-05 17:41 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2011-12-05 18:28 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2011-12-05 18:35 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-12-05 19:18 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
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