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Message-ID: <491D6B4EAD0A714894D8AD22F4BDE0430328E3@SCYBEXDAG04.amd.com>
Date:	Wed, 7 Mar 2012 15:52:53 +0000
From:	"Chen, Dennis (SRDC SW)" <Dennis1.Chen@....com>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] Refine mutex and rcu method in module.c,
 kernel<3.2.9>

-----Original Message-----
From: Cong Wang [mailto:xiyou.wangcong@...il.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 11:37 PM
To: Chen, Dennis (SRDC SW)
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Refine mutex and rcu method in module.c, kernel<3.2.9>

Hi,

On 03/07/2012 10:51 PM, Chen, Dennis (SRDC SW) wrote:

Before we are going into tech details...

> 1. Narrow down the granularity of mutex_lock/ mutex_unlock
> 2. Replace some unnecessary mutex_lock/mutex_unlock pairs with RCU
> 3. Refine the consistent calling style of RCU functioan

Please split the patch into three patches.

>
> --- module.ori.c        2012-03-07 19:59:07.890900147 +0800
> +++ module.c    2012-03-07 22:12:44.982738729 +0800

The patch is not correctly generated, check 
Documentation/SubmittingPatches for more info.

====================================================

diff -u module.ori.c module.c > module.patch

give more details please?

Thanks,


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