linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 2/9] preempt: Introduce __preempt_count_{sub, add}

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Message-ID: <1491bedb15db7317d2af77345b2946c2529c70b1.camel@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:38:02 -0400
From: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
To: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 2/9] preempt: Introduce __preempt_count_{sub,
 add}_return()

On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 10:15 +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> 
> Well.. at least it should not, but the way it is currently implemented it
> indeed does sometimes depending on config options - there is room for
> improvement. That's my fault - going to address that.

BTW - was this ever fixed? Going through and applying changes to the spinlock
series to get it ready for sending out again and I don't know if I should
leave this code as-is or not here.

> 
> I couldn't find any cover letter for the whole patch series which describes
> what this is about, and why it is needed.
> It looks like some Rust enablement?
> 

-- 
Cheers,
 Lyude Paul (she/her)
 Software Engineer at Red Hat

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