linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86, locking: Remove ticket (spin)lock implementation

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Message-ID: <20160519071654.GB7745@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 May 2016 09:16:54 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Waiman.Long@....com, dhowells@...hat.com, david.vrabel@...rix.com,
	pbonzini@...hat.com, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86, locking: Remove ticket (spin)lock
 implementation


* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> My motivation was that people keep trying to send patches against the ticket 
> lock code... David did just today, and he's not the first.

Yeah, let's just remove dead code ASAP. It's not like it's hard to add (back) new 
code, should the need arise.

Thanks,

	Ingo