linux-kernel - Re: [patch 5/5] futex: Cleanup the goto confusion in requeue

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Message-ID: <1450590007.3296.6.camel@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 20 Dec 2015 06:40:07 +0100
From:	Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>
To:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Darren Hart <darren@...art.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
	Bhuvanesh_Surachari@...tor.com, Andy Lowe <Andy_Lowe@...tor.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 5/5] futex: Cleanup the goto confusion in requeue_pi()

On Sat, 2015-12-19 at 21:15 -0800, Darren Hart wrote:

> As a follow-on, I think it might be worthwhile to create a symmetrical
> get_pi_state() to the put_pi_state(), rather than handling the atomic_inc
> directly.

Ditto, immediate thought was future auditors will look for it.

	-Mike
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