linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/8] rtmutex: Deboost before waking up the top waiter

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Message-ID: <20160614125412.GI30921@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:54:12 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	xlpang@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, jdesfossez@...icios.com,
	bristot@...hat.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/8] rtmutex: Deboost before waking up the top waiter

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:09:34AM +0100, Juri Lelli wrote:
> I've got only nitpicks for the changelog. Otherwise the patch looks good
> to me (and yes, without it bw inheritance would be a problem).

So for bw inheritance I'm still not sure how to dead with the faxt that
the top_pi_waiter, while blocked, can still be running, spin waiting.