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Message-ID: <1489211d-594c-d244-0111-8bd8a27fb945@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 20 Nov 2020 10:31:39 +1100
From:   "Singh, Balbir" <bsingharora@...il.com>
To:     "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Nishanth Aravamudan <naravamudan@...italocean.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 01/32] sched: Wrap rq::lock access

On 18/11/20 10:19 am, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> 
> In preparation of playing games with rq->lock, abstract the thing
> using an accessor.
> 

Could you clarify games? I presume the intention is to redefine the scope of the lock based on whether core sched is enabled or not? I presume patch 4/32 has the details.

Balbir Singh

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