linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ipc/mqueue.c: Drag unneeded code out of locks

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Message-ID: <1415780201.24725.2.camel@linux-t7sj.site>
Date:	Wed, 12 Nov 2014 00:16:41 -0800
From:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:	Steven Stewart-Gallus <sstewartgallus00@...angara.bc.ca>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...hat.com>,
	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
	linux-newbie@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ipc/mqueue.c: Drag unneeded code out of locks

On Fri, 2014-11-07 at 05:40 +0000, Steven Stewart-Gallus wrote:
> This shouldn't be too controversial. I simply looked for where there
> was a tiny bit of waste in the message queue code.

What's the benefit here? Seems very risky at very little gain.

The juice ain't worth the squeeze. NAK

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