linux-kernel - Re: [tip:locking/urgent] locking/mutex: Disable optimistic spinning on some architectures

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:58:58 +0200
From:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:	mingo@...nel.org, dave.anglin@...l.net,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [tip:locking/urgent] locking/mutex:  Disable optimistic spinning
 on some architectures

On 17/07/14 13:51, Christian Borntraeger wrote:

>  	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
> +	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW

This begs the question, if both defines were created for the same reason and could be combined.

Christian

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