linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Document SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED/RW_LOCK

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Message-ID: <20070418061330.GD23497@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:13:30 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	gud@....net, arjan@...ux.intel.com, milindchoudhary@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED/RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED deprecation


* Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au> wrote:

> Apparently it's not cool anymore to use SPIN/RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED. There's 
> some mention of this in Documentation/spinlocks.txt, but that only 
> talks about dynamic initialisation.
> 
> A comment in the code mentioning the preferred usage would be good 
> IMHO.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>

thanks,

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

	Ingo
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