linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] rtmutex: deboost priority conditionally when rt-mutex unlock

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Message-ID: <20170413142311.6wo7o34wloda6uv7@linutronix.de>
Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2017 16:23:11 +0200
From:   Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Alex Shi <alex.shi@...aro.org>
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com, corbet@....net,
        "open list:LOCKING PRIMITIVES" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] rtmutex: deboost priority conditionally when
 rt-mutex unlock

On 2017-04-13 22:02:53 [+0800], Alex Shi wrote:
> The rt_mutex_fastunlock() will deboost 'current' task when it should be.

without looking whether or not this patch makes sense those patches
won't apply. Please look at tip/master or tip's locking/core
	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/log/?h=locking/core

where PeterZ rewrote part of the code.

Sebastian