Re: [PATCH] netfilter: use per-CPU r**ursive lock {XV}

Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-04-27T20:36:41Z

Hi.

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:46:48PM -0700, Linus Torvalds (torvalds@linux-foundation.org) wrote:
> > All those references support my argument that the lock is being
> > used recursively in this case.
>
> What's so hard between understanding the difference between "used
> recursively" and "recursive lock"?
>
> THEY MEAN TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS!
>
> The fact that you don't seem to understand that is one of the things I've
> been complaining about all along.

Just ot be sure readers will not lose the discssion topic: do you object
against naming or realizaion? If its about the former, does 'dog's
breath lock' proposed by Stephen fit?

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Evgeniy Polyakov