linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/x86: Update split lock documentation

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Message-ID: <87ttybbb1d.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:03:10 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...lia.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/x86: Update split lock documentation

Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com> writes:

> commit b041b525dab9 ("x86/split_lock: Make life miserable for split
> lockers") added a delay and serialization of cplit locks. Commit
> 727209376f49 ("x86/split_lock: Add sysctl to control the misery mode")
> provided a sysctl to turn off the misery.
>
> Update the split lock documentation to describe the current state of
> the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/x86/buslock.rst | 10 ++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Applied (with the typo pointed out by Fenghua fixed), thanks.

jon