linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] locking/rwlocks: do not starve writers

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Message-ID: <YqzQKER4JRoudTJE@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Fri, 17 Jun 2022 21:04:08 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Roman Penyaev <rpenyaev@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] locking/rwlocks: do not starve writers

On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 07:45:14PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> Were rwlocks always unfair, and we have been lucky ?

Yes.