On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 04:58:13PM +0100, Torben Hohn wrote: > the -rt patches change the console_semaphore to console_mutex. > so a quite large chunk of the patches changes all > acquire/release_console_sem() to acquire/release_console_mutex() Why not just change the functionality of the existing function to be a mutex in the rt patches, instead of having to rename it everywhere? > this commit makes things use more neutral function names > which dont make implications about the underlying lock. > > the only real change is the return value of console_trylock > which is inverted from try_acquire_console_sem() > > Signed-off-by: Torben Hohn <torbenh@xxxxxx> > CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxx> I don't mind this rename, but is it really going to help anything out? What's the odds of the -rt portion of this patch ever making it to mainline? thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
