linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH-tip 2/3] locking/rwsem: move down rwsem_down_read

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Date:   Sun, 26 Feb 2017 10:33:41 -0800
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH-tip 2/3] locking/rwsem: move down rwsem_down_read_failed()

On Wed, 22 Feb 2017, Waiman Long wrote:

>Move the rwsem_down_read_failed() function down to below the
>optimistic spinning section as it is going to use function in that
>section in a later patch.

So the title is a bit ambiguous, and I would argue that this
should be folded into patch 3, and just mention it in the
changelog.

Thanks,
Davidlohr