linux-kernel - Re: [tip:core/locking] mutex: Fix optimistic spinning vs. BKL

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Date:	Tue, 18 May 2010 18:08:38 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	stable@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, tony@...eyournoodle.com,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:core/locking] mutex: Fix optimistic spinning vs. BKL


* tip-bot for Tony Breeds <tony@...eyournoodle.com> wrote:

> Commit-ID:  227945799cc10d77c6ef812f3eb8a61a78689454
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/227945799cc10d77c6ef812f3eb8a61a78689454
> Author:     Tony Breeds <tony@...eyournoodle.com>
> AuthorDate: Fri, 7 May 2010 14:20:10 +1000
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> CommitDate: Tue, 11 May 2010 17:07:24 +0200
> 
> mutex: Fix optimistic spinning vs. BKL

Tony, mind sending a version of this patch that does not 
include a jiffies based spinning loop?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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