> Just to make it clear... there is a patch 18: > > F: kernel/bpf/ > F: kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c > F: lib/buildid.c > +F: arch/*/include/asm/rqspinlock.h > +F: include/asm-generic/rqspinlock.h > +F: kernel/locking/rqspinlock.c > F: lib/test_bpf.c > F: net/bpf/ > > that adds maintainer entries to BPF scope. > > We're not asking locking experts to maintain this new res_spin_lock. > It's not a generic kernel infra. > It will only be used by bpf infra and by bpf progs. > We will maintain it and we will fix whatever bugs > we introduce. While that is appreciated, the whole kernel is subject to the worst case behaviour of this thing. As such, I feel I need to care.
