linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i386: convert mm_context

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Message-ID: <20070806074608.GA12415@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:46:08 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino" <lcapitulino@...driva.com.br>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386: convert mm_context_t semaphore to a mutex


>  typedef struct { 
>  	int size;
> -	struct semaphore sem;
> +	struct mutex lock;

hm, looks good to me but i'm wondering why this was a holdout for such a 
long time :-) Did you manage to test actual LDT functionality with this 
patch applied?

	Ingo
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