Re: [PATCH 1/4] mutex: add mutex_lock_timeout()

Andi Kleen
2008-08-26T21:13:35Z

>> However what you can do is to ask Len again when he's back. Ultimately
>> it is his decision and he might decide that he can deal with AML lockdep
>> issues longer term.
>
> For instance these changes could go into linux-next until the 2.6.29
> merge window .. Len should be back by then, and we should have a much
> better idea what kind of problems may exist, if any..

Sorry I'm not convinced that linux-next testing can resolve that.
It doesn't really have enough hardware/tester coverage. Also linux-next
is really only for stuff that is going to be merged, and from
my current perspective it's not.

>> Don't think it makes all that much sense to resubmit the completion
>> patch though. It's unrelated to the other patches anyways (not sure
>> why you mix them together)
>
> It's all related ..

I don't think it is. You keep claiming that but it's just not true.
You have not so far brought up a single argument why the semaphores
should be changed to completions.

-Andi