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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 08:23:45 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> To: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...onical.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com> Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] core/mutexes changes for v3.11: W/W mutex support * Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...onical.com> wrote: > Hey, > > Op 03-07-13 02:54, Linus Torvalds schreef: > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote: > >> Please pull the latest core-mutexes-for-linus git tree from: > >> > >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git core-mutexes-for-linus > >> > >> HEAD: 166989e366ffa66108b2f37b870e66b85b2185ad locking-selftests: Handle unexpected failures more strictly > >> > >> This tree adds support for wound/wait style locks, which the graphics guys > >> would like to make use of in the TTM graphics subsystem. > > So I pulled this, but I'm not particularly happy with how this (very > > unusual) lock pollutes <linux/mutex.h> that pretty much every single > > file ends up including. > > > > So I'd really prefer to see the ww_mutex() support split up into > > <linux/ww_mutex.h>, rather than making the compiler have to parse and > > remember that stuff when 99.99% of all files do not care about it or > > need it. > > Sounds good to me, but can it wait until with the drm pull is done? The ordering should not matter much as the combination will be tested in linux-next anyway. > Preliminary diff below. Looks good to me at first sight. Please send a tested, changelogged, signed off version. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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