linux-kernel - Re: [patch v2 1/5] rtmutex: Remove builtin tester

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Date:	Sat, 31 May 2014 15:55:57 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Jason Low <jason.low2@...com>
Subject: Re: [patch v2 1/5] rtmutex: Remove builtin tester

On Sat, 31 May 2014 15:57:48 -0000
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:

> The tester has been broken for quite some time. It's possible to fix
> it, but the main reason for having it in the kernel was the lock steal
> mechanism in the rtmutex code. That's gone, so we can implement a
> stateful correctness tester just via the futex syscall.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

I'm assuming that you only added what I said was missing. I didn't
re-review the rest of the patch.


Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

-- Steve

> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140522031949.836503239@linutronix.de
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
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