linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] mutex: add mutex_lock

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Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:32:24 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] mutex: add mutex_lock_timeout()


Daniel,

My decision on this patchkit is to reject it for now, because:

- I'm worried about the long term maintenance impact of doing full
lockdep checking on AML controlled locks. Since I'm keeping ACPI
only temporarily I don't want to leave an potentially problematic
legacy.
- I fail to see the advantage of implementing semaphores using conditions.

However what you can do is to ask Len again when he's back. Ultimately
it is his decision and he might decide that he can deal with AML lockdep
issues longer term.

Don't think it makes all that much sense to resubmit the completion
patch though. It's unrelated to the other patches anyways (not sure
why you mix them together)

-Andi
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