Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933759Ab1ERTed (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2011 15:34:33 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:38094 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933632Ab1ERTec (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2011 15:34:32 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 12:33:35 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: John Stultz Cc: Ingo Molnar , LKML , Joe Perches , Michal Nazarewicz , Andy Whitcroft , Jiri Slaby , KOSAKI Motohiro , David Rientjes , Dave Hansen , linux-mm@kvack.org, Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] v6 Improve task->comm locking situation Message-Id: <20110518123335.62785884.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <1305745409.2915.178.camel@work-vm> References: <1305682865-27111-1-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.org> <20110518062554.GB2945@elte.hu> <1305745409.2915.178.camel@work-vm> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.20.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 795 Lines: 18 On Wed, 18 May 2011 12:03:29 -0700 John Stultz wrote: > But, the net of this is that it seems everyone else is way more > passionate about this issue then I am, so I'm starting to wonder if it > would be better for someone who has more of a dog in the fight to be > pushing these? I like the %p thingy - it's neat and is an overall improvement. If it dies I shall stick another pin in my Ingo doll. Providing an unlocked accessor for super-special applications which know what they're doing seems an adequate compromise. -- 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/