linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: rw

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Message-ID: <4AFC5E3F.7070609@earthlink.net>
Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:13:03 -0500
From:	Stephen Clark <sclark46@...thlink.net>
To:	William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@...il.com>
CC:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Developers <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: rw_lock lessons learned

William Allen Simpson wrote:
> In recent weeks, two different network projects erroneously
> strayed down the rw_lock path.  Update the Documentation
> based upon comments by Eric Dumazet and Paul E. McKenney in
> those threads.
> 
> Merged with editorial changes by Stephen Hemminger.
> 
> Signed-off-by: William.Allen.Simpson@...il.com
> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/spinlocks.txt |  186 
> ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-)
> 

How up to date is this doc?

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/kernel-locking/index.html

Should it be in the Documentation directory?


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