Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270875AbUJVI0C (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 04:26:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270342AbUJVIY3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 04:24:29 -0400 Received: from mx2.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:64726 "EHLO mx2.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269837AbUJVIMd (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 04:12:33 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:13:40 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Jens Axboe Cc: Bill Huey , Thomas Gleixner , Rui Nuno Capela , LKML , Lee Revell , mark_h_johnson@raytheon.com, "K.R. Foley" , Adam Heath , Florian Schmidt , Michal Schmidt , Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano Subject: Re: [patch] Real-Time Preemption, -RT-2.6.9-rc4-mm1-U8 Message-ID: <20041022081340.GA14309@elte.hu> References: <1098352441.26758.30.camel@thomas> <20041021101103.GC10531@suse.de> <20041021195842.GA23864@nietzsche.lynx.com> <20041021201443.GF32465@suse.de> <20041021202422.GA24555@nietzsche.lynx.com> <20041021203350.GK32465@suse.de> <20041021203821.GA24628@nietzsche.lynx.com> <20041022061901.GM32465@suse.de> <20041022072908.GC10908@elte.hu> <20041022080110.GG1820@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041022080110.GG1820@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-ELTE-SpamVersion: MailScanner 4.31.6-itk1 (ELTE 1.2) SpamAssassin 2.63 ClamAV 0.73 X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-4.9, required 5.9, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -4.90 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamScore: -4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1057 Lines: 26 * Jens Axboe wrote: > I fully agree with everything in your mail so far. What annoyed me is > some people advocating their changes under the false pretense that > existing use was broken, which it isn't. yeah, and i have to say that such advocacy mostly comes from the natural desire to solve those _other_ problems that non-standard locking designs have with Linux mutexes. But those problems are that of the other trees alone, not upstream's :) Suggesting that those problems are in any way upstream's problem, even if well-intentioned, can be quite offensive. > completions _do_ make cleaner code for the intended case. But your > writing above is very clear and already explains that very well. > > Lets put the issue to rest and get back to more productive work! /me rejoices :) Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/