Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/4] Rename lock_cpu_hotplug/unlock_cpu_hotplug

Paul E. McKenney
2006-08-30T15:13:24Z

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 07:38:28PM -0700, Paul Jackson wrote:
> Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Let me throw something together...
>
> I think it's the hotplug folks that were most interested
> in this "unfair rwsem" lock, for lock_cpu_hotplug().

Yep, been chatting with them separately.

> I wouldn't spend any effort on throwing this together
> just for cpusets. I'm not looking to change cpuset
> locking anytime soon.

Well, my next question was going to be whether cpuset readers really
need to exclude the writers, or whether there can be a transition
period while the mastodon makes the change as long as it avoids stomping
the locusts. ;-)

Thanx, Paul