Re: [patch 2/6 -rt] powerpc 2.6.20-rt8: to convert spinlocks to raw ones.

Paul Mackerras
2007-03-07T16:55:57Z

Sergei Shtylyov writes:

> 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.

Paul.