Hi Felipe, From: ext Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] omap: mailbox: convert rwlocks to spinlock Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 12:12:52 +0200 > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Hiroshi DOYU <Hiroshi.DOYU@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> From: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> rwlocks are slower and have potential starvation issues >> therefore spinlocks are generally preferred. >> >> see also: http://lwn.net/Articles/364583/ >> >> Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Kanigeri Hari <h-kanigeri2@xxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi DOYU <Hiroshi.DOYU@xxxxxxxxx> > > There's no cover letter, so I'll comment here. > > What about these patches? > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.omap/31208 OK, I'll incorporate them and send patches again. > > They are needed for dspbridge... AFAIK the only real user for omap mailbox. > > -- > Felipe Contreras -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
