On Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 12:33:49PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > [1997/04] v2.1.36: > > the spin_unlock_wait() primitive gets introduced as part of release() Whee, that goes _way_ further back than I thought it did :-) > [2017/07] v4.12: > > wait_task_inactive() is still alive and kicking. Its poll loop has > increased in complexity, but it still does not use spin_unlock_wait() > I've tried 'fixing' that wait_task_inactive() thing a number of times, but always failed :/ That is very nasty code indeed.
