linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rtmutex: take the waiter lock with irqs off

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Message-ID: <20131122160841.GS3866@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:08:41 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@...ine.de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	RT <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rtmutex: take the waiter lock with irqs off

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 02:59:31PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> +extern void __lockfunc rt_spin_try_unlock(spinlock_t *lock);

I know what you mean, but.. try_unlock() just sounds wrong, how can we
attempt but fail to unlock a lock we hold ;-)


/me crawls back under his rock ;-)
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