linux-kernel - Re: [RFD/RFC PATCH 0/8] Towards implementing proxy execution

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Date:   Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:44:41 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, rostedt@...dmis.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, luca.abeni@...tannapisa.it,
        claudio@...dence.eu.com, tommaso.cucinotta@...tannapisa.it,
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        andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        patrick.bellasi@....com, henrik@...tad.us,
        linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFD/RFC PATCH 0/8] Towards implementing proxy execution

On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 11:24:26AM +0200, Juri Lelli wrote:
> The main concerns I have with the current approach is that, being based
> on mutex.c, it's both
> 
>  - not linked with futexes
>  - not involving "legacy" priority inheritance (rt_mutex.c)
> 
> I believe one of the main reasons Peter started this on mutexes is to
> have better coverage of potential problems (which I can assure everybody
> it had). I'm not yet sure what should we do moving forward, and this is
> exactly what I'd be pleased to hear your opinions on.

Well that, and mutex was 'simple', I didn't have to go rip out all the
legacy PI crud.

If this all ends up working well, the solution is 'simple' and we can
simply copy mutex to rt_mutex or something along those lines if we want
to keep the distinction between them. Alternatively we simply delete
rt_mutex.

Thanks for reviving this.. it's been an 'interesting' year and a half
since I wrote all this and I've really not had time to work on it.