* Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 10:02:40PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > Also, i have to say that Matthew Wilcox got quite a bit carried away by > > characterising the commit a "lie" - this was not a lie (which needs > > intent), but a simple mistake. Otherwise this statement in a commit from > > Matthew Wilcox would be a "lie" as well: > > > > | commit 64ac24e738823161693bf791f87adc802cf529ff > > | Author: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> > > | Date: Fri Mar 7 21:55:58 2008 -0500 > > | > > | Generic semaphore implementation > > | > > | Semaphores are no longer performance-critical, [...] > > They weren't at the time I wrote the comment. There was a mid-air > collision between that patch and > 6478d8800b75253b2a934ddcb734e13ade023ad0 given that PREEMPT_BKL=y was the default since 2.6.8 of course the comment in your commit log was incorrect. There was no "mid air collision" whatsoever. > Really, Ingo, you should be less bitter about that. huh, why should i be bitter about the semaphore performance bug that got solved? All i'm asking for is for you to stop calling people names. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
