linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] plist: add mutex to the blessed lock type for plists

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Date:	Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:09:50 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Dima Zavin <dima@...roid.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] plist: add mutex to the blessed lock type for plists

On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 18:45 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 15:14 -0700, Dima Zavin wrote:
> > Steve,
> > 
> > So what would do you recommend I do? Is this patch acceptable or do
> > you want me to remove all the debug stuff and modify all the users to
> > not provide a lock?
> > 
> 
> I'm fine either way. I would like to know what Thomas, Ingo and Peter
> think.

I've always been annoyed with that check, just rip it out.
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