On Tue, 2013-11-05 at 13:14 -0800, Michel Lespinasse wrote: > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In this patch series, we separated out the MCS lock code which was > > previously embedded in the mutex.c. This allows for easier reuse of > > MCS lock in other places like rwsem and qrwlock. We also did some micro > > optimizations and barrier cleanup. > > > > This patches were previously part of the rwsem optimization patch series > > but now we spearate them out. > > > > Tim Chen > > > > v2: > > 1. change export mcs_spin_lock as a GPL export symbol > > 2. corrected mcs_spin_lock to references > > > > Jason Low (2): > > MCS Lock: optimizations and extra comments > > MCS Lock: Barrier corrections > > > > Tim Chen (1): > > MCS Lock: Restructure the MCS lock defines and locking code into its > > own file > > > > Waiman Long (1): > > MCS Lock: Make mcs_spinlock.h includable in other files > > > > include/linux/mcs_spinlock.h | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > include/linux/mutex.h | 5 +- > > kernel/Makefile | 6 +- > > kernel/mcs_spinlock.c | 21 +++++++++ > > kernel/mutex.c | 60 +++---------------------- > > 5 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-) > > create mode 100644 include/linux/mcs_spinlock.h > > create mode 100644 kernel/mcs_spinlock.c > > What base kernel does this apply over ? > Should be applicable on latest v3.12-rc7. Tim -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
