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From: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>,
	Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>,
	Ying Han <yinghan@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] rwsem: fully separate code pathes to wake writers  vs readers
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 14:48:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTik5iumKs-fPG5VZS5D0mygtG-sCYeftK5SlLoIy@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2767.1274270682@redhat.com>

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:04 AM, David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:
> I hate code that jumps into braced blocks with goto.  Would it be possible for
> you to do:
>
>        readers_only:
>                if (downgrading)
>                        goto wake_readers;
>        ...
>        wake_readers:
>                /* Grant an infinite number of read locks to the readers at the front
>        ...
>
> instead, please?

Applied. Note that next patch in the series removes that code anyway :)

-- 
Michel "Walken" Lespinasse
A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-05-20 21:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-17 22:25 [PATCH 00/10] V3: rwsem changes + down_read_critical() proposal Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-17 22:25 ` [PATCH 01/10] x86 rwsem: minor cleanups Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-17 22:25 ` [PATCH 02/10] rwsem: fully separate code pathes to wake writers vs readers Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-17 22:25 ` [PATCH 03/10] rwsem: lighter active count checks when waking up readers Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-17 22:25 ` [PATCH 04/10] rwsem: let RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS represent any number of waiting threads Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-17 22:25 ` [PATCH 05/10] rwsem: wake queued readers when writer blocks on active read lock Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-17 22:25 ` [PATCH 06/10] rwsem: smaller wrappers around rwsem_down_failed_common Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-17 22:25 ` [PATCH 07/10] generic rwsem: implement down_read_critical() / up_read_critical() Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-17 22:44   ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-17 23:13     ` Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-17 23:20       ` Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-19 13:21       ` David Howells
2010-05-19 23:47         ` Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-21  3:35         ` Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-17 22:25 ` [PATCH 08/10] rwsem: down_read_critical infrastructure support Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-17 22:25 ` [PATCH 09/10] x86 rwsem: down_read_critical implementation Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-17 22:25 ` [PATCH 10/10] Use down_read_critical() for /sys/<pid>/exe and /sys/<pid>/maps files Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-19 11:47 ` [PATCH 01/10] x86 rwsem: minor cleanups David Howells
2010-05-20 21:37   ` Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-19 12:04 ` [PATCH 02/10] rwsem: fully separate code pathes to wake writers vs readers David Howells
2010-05-20 21:48   ` Michel Lespinasse [this message]
2010-05-19 12:25 ` [PATCH 03/10] rwsem: lighter active count checks when waking up readers David Howells
2010-05-20 22:33   ` Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-21  8:06   ` David Howells
2010-05-19 12:33 ` [PATCH 04/10] rwsem: let RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS represent any number of waiting threads David Howells
2010-05-19 12:44 ` [PATCH 05/10] rwsem: wake queued readers when writer blocks on active read lock David Howells
2010-05-19 12:51 ` [PATCH 06/10] rwsem: smaller wrappers around rwsem_down_failed_common David Howells
2010-05-19 13:34 ` [PATCH 08/10] rwsem: down_read_critical infrastructure support David Howells
2010-05-20 23:30   ` Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-21  8:03   ` David Howells
2010-05-19 14:36 ` [PATCH 09/10] x86 rwsem: down_read_critical implementation David Howells
2010-05-19 15:21 ` [PATCH 10/10] Use down_read_critical() for /sys/<pid>/exe and /sys/<pid>/maps files David Howells
2010-05-21  2:44   ` Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-22  1:49   ` Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-25  9:42   ` David Howells
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-05-14 12:39 [PATCH 00/10] V2: rwsem changes + down_read_unfair() proposal Michel Lespinasse
2010-05-14 12:39 ` [PATCH 02/10] rwsem: fully separate code pathes to wake writers vs readers Michel Lespinasse

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