linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC]: mutex: adaptive spin

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0901061349520.3057@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:50:54 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
cc:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-btrfs <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Peter Morreale <pmorreale@...ell.com>,
	Sven Dietrich <SDietrich@...ell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC]: mutex: adaptive spin



On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> With Linus' mutex_spin_or_schedule() function the whole - keeping
> owner's task_struct alive issue goes away,.. now if only the thing would
> boot...

Can you post the patch, so that we can see if we can find some silly error 
that we can ridicule you over?

		Linus "always willing to 'help'" Torvalds
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