linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] locking changes for v5.2

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Message-ID: <a5ee37fe-bdcf-2da7-4f02-6d64b4dcd2d3@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 May 2019 12:11:41 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman9394@...il.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] locking changes for v5.2

On 5/6/19 4:50 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Linus,
>
> Please pull the latest locking-core-for-linus git tree from:
>
>    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git locking-core-for-linus
>
>    # HEAD: d671002be6bdd7f77a771e23bf3e95d1f16775e6 locking/lockdep: Remove unnecessary unlikely()
>
> [ Dependency note: this tree depends on commits also in the RCU tree, 
>   please disregard this pull request if you weren't able to pull the RCU 
>   tree for some reason. ]
>
> Here are the locking changes in this cycle:
>
>  - rwsem unification and simpler micro-optimizations to prepare for more 
>    intrusive (and more lucrative) scalability improvements in v5.3
>    (Waiman Long)

Is it possible to pull in also my "locking/rwsem: Prevent decrement of
reader count before  increment" patch for 5.2? The rests can wait until 5.3.

Thanks,
Longman