linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2 v6] locking/selftest: Support queued rwlock

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Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2014 16:54:37 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...onical.com>
Cc:	Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@...il.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@...com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Scott J Norton <scott.norton@...com>,
	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v6] locking/selftest: Support queued rwlock

On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 04:44:34PM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> op 05-08-14 16:41, Peter Zijlstra schreef:

> >> A bit off topic for this patch, however relevant for tests in general.
> >> Is there a reason why these locking selftests need to be under lib?
> >> Can they be consolidated under tools/testing/selftests?
> > tools/ seems wrong as its very much not userspace.
> Could be moved to kernel/locking though now that all other locking moved there. :-)

Yes, I suppose we could do that; IIRC the reason I left it where it is
is because there are more tests in lib/.

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