Re: [PATCH] cpuset semaphore depth check deadlock fix

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Paul Jackson wrote:
>
> This patch fixes this deadlock by wrapping the up() and down()
> calls on cpuset_sem in kernel/cpuset.c with code that tracks
> the nesting depth of the current task on that semaphore,

We _really_ don't want to have function names like "cs_up()" and
"cs_down()".

Please either call them something half-way readable, like "cpuset_lock()"  
and "cpuset_unlock()". Yes, it's a local static function, but still.. No 
need to be cryptic about it.

		Linus
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