From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932782AbVHTTBb (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:01:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932783AbVHTTBb (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:01:31 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:32414 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932782AbVHTTBb (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:01:31 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.13-rc6] i386: semaphore ownership tracking From: Lee Revell To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Cc: Andrew Morton , mingo@elte.hu, ak@suse.de, torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200508200310_MC3-1-A7BC-D1C0@compuserve.com> References: <200508200310_MC3-1-A7BC-D1C0@compuserve.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:01:27 -0400 Message-Id: <1124564488.26949.35.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.3.7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 03:07 -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 at 20:02:27 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> wrote: > > > > > > This patch enables tracking semaphore ownership. > > > > Why? I can't think of any bug in recent years which needed this.. > > It might be useful in new driver development. OTOH it is really ugly > even if it's a small patch. How is it different from the ownership tracking used for PI in the -rt kernel? Lee