Re: [RFC PATCH v2 3/5] futex: Throughput-optimized (TO) futexes

From: Mike Galbraith
Date: Wed Sep 21 2016 - 02:59:41 EST


On Tue, 2016-09-20 at 09:42 -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> This patch introduces a new futex implementation called
> throughput-optimized (TO) futexes.

nit: 'TO' sounds way too much like timeout... TP? You even use 'to' as
shorthand for timeout in the next patch.

> /*
> -> > > * Wake robust non-PI futexes here. The wakeup of
> -> > > * PI futexes happens in exit_pi_state():
> +> > > * Wake robust non-PI/TO futexes here. The wakeup of
> +> > > * PI/TO futexes happens in exit_pi_state():
> > > > */

nit: comment attracted my eye during high speed scroll-by.

-Mike