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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808231100090.3363@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:02:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
cc:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Writer-biased low-latency rwlock v8



On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> 
> Now, let me explain why I need at least not one, but _four different_
> contention bits. Simply because there are four types of contention, one
> for each execution context which may take the read lock. (irq, softirq,
> non-preemptable, preemptable)

No. You need _one_ contention bit in the fast-path.

Then, as you get into the slow-path, you can decide on four different 
behaviours.

Quite frankly, I don't think this discussion is going anywhere. I don't 
think I'd take anything from you, since you seem to have a really hard 
time separating out the issue of fast-path and slow-path. So I'm simply 
not going to bother, and I'm not going to expect to merge your work. 

Sorry, but it simply isn't worth my time or effort.

			Linus
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