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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:37:31 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/4]  mutex: Improve mutex performance by doing less
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* Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com> wrote:

> v3->v4
>  - Merge patch 4 into patch 2
>  - Move patch 5 forward to become patch 1
> 
> v2->v3
>   - Add patch 4 to remove new typedefs introduced in patch 2.
>   - Add patch 5 to remove SCHED_FEAT_OWNER_SPIN and move the mutex
>     spinning code to mutex.c.
> 
> v1->v2
>  - Remove the 2 mutex spinner patches and replaced it by another one
>    to improve the mutex spinning process.
>  - Remove changes made to kernel/mutex.h & localize changes in
>    kernel/mutex.c.
>  - Add an optional patch to remove architecture specific check in patch
>    1.

The patches look pretty nice now - thanks Waiman. I have applied them to 
tip:core/locking and started testing them.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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