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Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 20:14:25 -0700 From: Jason Low <jason.low2@...com> To: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com> Cc: Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Subject: Re: [regression, 3.16-rc] rwsem: optimistic spinning causing performance degradation On Fri, 2014-07-04 at 01:53 -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > On Fri, 2014-07-04 at 00:06 -0700, Jason Low > > Subject: [PATCH] rwsem: In rwsem_can_spin_on_owner(), return false if no owner > > Could we change the subject to something more descriptive, ie: > > rwsem: Allow conservative optimistic spinning for reader/writer paths Sure, a Subject like this would better explain what is the effect of the patch. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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