linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/features/locking: update lists

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Message-ID: <20190726144515.29c5227a@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:45:15 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/features/locking: update lists

On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:22:03 +0100
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com> wrote:

> The locking feature lists don't match reality as of v5.3-rc1:
> 
> * arm64 moved to queued spinlocks in commit:
> 
>   c11090474d70590170cf5fa6afe85864ab494b37
> 
>   ("arm64: locking: Replace ticket lock implementation with qspinlock")
> 
> * xtensa moved to queued spinlocks and rwlocks in commit:
> 
>   579afe866f52adcd921272a224ab36733051059c
> 
>   ("xtensa: use generic spinlock/rwlock implementation")
> 
> * architecture-specific rwsem support was removed in commit:
> 
>   46ad0840b1584b92b5ff2cc3ed0b011dd6b8e0f1
> 
>   ("locking/rwsem: Remove arch specific rwsem files")
> 
> So update the feature lists accordingly, and remove the now redundant
> rwsem-optimized list.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>

Applied, thanks.

jon