linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mutex: add support for reservation style locks, v2

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Date:	Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:57:54 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	daniel.vetter@...ll.ch, x86@...nel.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org,
	robclark@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mutex: add support for reservation style locks,
 v2

On Thu, 2013-02-28 at 11:25 +0100, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> +struct ticket_mutex {
> +       struct mutex base;
> +       atomic_long_t reservation_id;
> +};

I'm not sure this is a good name, esp. due to the potential confusion
vs the ticket spinlocks we have. 

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