From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:40:55 +0000 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH-tip v2 4/6] locking/rwsem: move down rwsem_down_read_failed function Message-Id: <20160615174055.GS30921@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> List-Id: References: <1465944489-43440-1-git-send-email-Waiman.Long@hpe.com> <1465944489-43440-5-git-send-email-Waiman.Long@hpe.com> In-Reply-To: <1465944489-43440-5-git-send-email-Waiman.Long@hpe.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Waiman Long Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso , Jason Low , Dave Chinner , Scott J Norton , Douglas Hatch On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 06:48:07PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > Move the rwsem_down_read_failed() function down to below the optimistic > spinning section before enabling optimistic spinning for the readers. newline > There is no change in code. Changelog fails to explain the why part.