Re: v2.6.23-rc4-rt1 / new project URL

From: Daniel Walker
Date: Mon Sep 10 2007 - 11:32:05 EST


On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 14:35 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > - simple_irq change (Kevin Hilman): needs more thought
> > - RCU updates (Paul McKenney): needs proper integration
> > - latency tracer changes (Daniel Walker): needs review
> > - PICK_OP changes (Daniel Walker): needs review
>
> This one seems to have slipped through the cracks:
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/16/135

There was a comment in this patch that reads,

+ /*
+ * all modifications are done under spinlocks
+ * but this read is not, the unlock acks as a wmb
+ * for modifications.
+ */

I you mean "acts" (like an actor) instead of "acks" here right?

Daniel

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