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From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
To: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@canonical.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] locking: ww_mutex: Allow to use rt_mutex instead of mutex for the baselock
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 13:36:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54F99F36.4030405@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54F99A9B.1050503@canonical.com>

On 03/06/2015 01:16 PM, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:

>> Okay so what I the point made here? It is only about the config option,
>> right? What are the preferences here:
>> [ ] yes, the way it is now
> Is my personal preference, but I'm not a locking expert(TM).

Lets see what Mike says. I currently don't see any reason for people to
switch between both implementations except for testing. And if it
remains hidden then nobody changing code ww_mutex tests against
rt_mutex. That way there is hope :)

Sebastian

  reply	other threads:[~2015-03-06 12:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-27 16:57 rt_mutex based ww_mutex implementation Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-02-27 16:57 ` [PATCH 1/3] locking: ww_mutex: add one level of indirection for access of the lock Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-02-27 18:20   ` Maarten Lankhorst
2015-02-27 18:57     ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-02-27 16:57 ` [PATCH 2/3] locking: ww_mutex: Allow to use rt_mutex instead of mutex for the baselock Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-03-02  3:20   ` Mike Galbraith
2015-03-02  8:46     ` Maarten Lankhorst
2015-03-02 12:50       ` Mike Galbraith
2015-03-06 12:14       ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-03-06 12:16         ` Maarten Lankhorst
2015-03-06 12:36           ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior [this message]
2015-03-06 17:50             ` Mike Galbraith
2015-03-09 10:00               ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-03-09 10:51                 ` Mike Galbraith
2015-03-09 11:07                   ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-03-09 11:29                     ` Mike Galbraith
2015-03-09 13:21                       ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-03-09 22:27                         ` Paul E. McKenney
2015-03-10 12:30   ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-03-10 12:37   ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-03-10 12:39     ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-03-10 14:10     ` Maarten Lankhorst
2015-03-10 15:28       ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-03-10 18:21         ` Maarten Lankhorst
2015-03-10 12:43   ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-03-10 12:46   ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-02-27 16:57 ` [PATCH 3/3] locking: rtmutex: set state back to running on error Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-02-28 10:00   ` [tip:locking/urgent] locking/rtmutex: Set " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-03-01  5:35   ` [PATCH 3/3] locking: rtmutex: set " Mike Galbraith
2015-03-01  8:48   ` [tip:locking/urgent] locking/rtmutex: Set " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior

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