From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from imap.sh.mvista.com (unknown [63.81.120.155]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 124B2DDF99 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 04:30:21 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <45EEF6A4.9090807@ru.mvista.com> Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:30:12 +0300 From: Sergei Shtylyov MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Mackerras Subject: Re: [patch 2/6 -rt] powerpc 2.6.20-rt8: to convert spinlocks to raw ones. References: <45EECE5C.6030100@ru.mvista.com> <17902.60669.945986.186995@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <17902.60669.945986.186995@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Cc: mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hello. Paul Mackerras wrote: >> I've already sent a patch fixing this one (along with many others) a month >>ago: >>http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2007-February/031164.html >> I wonder iof it was ever considered... :-/ > The entire patch description was just this: >>Convert the spinlocks in the PowerPC interrupt related code into the raw ones, >>also convert the PURR and PMC related spinlocks... > which says what you did, but gives NO CLUE about why this might be a > good thing to do - what problem it fixes or what desirable outcome it > produces. I will not apply patches with inadequate descriptions. As I said, this was intended for the -rt patch, hence the question was for Ingo. I CC'ed the list just to keep people here in a loop. > Paul. WBR, Sergei