Re: [patch 2/6 -rt] powerpc 2.6.20-rt8: to convert spinlocks to rawones.

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Hello.

Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

> > > --- linux-rt8/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c	2007-02-20 14:30:38.000000000 +0900
> > > +++ rt/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c	2007-03-05 18:54:34.000000000 +0900
> > > @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_softirq);
> > > #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_MERGE
> > >
> > > static LIST_HEAD(irq_hosts);
> > > -static spinlock_t irq_big_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
> > > +static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(irq_big_lock);
> > > static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, irq_radix_reader);
> > > static unsigned int irq_radix_writer;
> > > struct irq_map_entry irq_map[NR_IRQS];

> >    I've already sent a patch fixing this one (along with many others) a month 
> > ago:

> > http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2007-February/031164.html

> >    I wonder iof it was ever considered... :-/

> It was but not for 2.6.21 timeframe due to people lack of time/bandwidth
> among others :-)

   I was asking Ingo, basically. :-)

> I intend to try to spend some time before the 2.6.22 merge window to
> gather those -rt related patches that can be merged already and push
> them to powerpc.git.

> (Note to mingo: that means that we might end up with patches both in
> your tree and being push via powerpc, I hope that's not too much of a
> problem).

   Well, this is happening every -rc1 now -- part of -rt getting merged to 
mainline.

> I can't promise I'll have time to do much, but I'd like to do it, so
> find me on irc every now and then to "poke" if you don't see anything
> happening...

   My purpose was only to get this into -rt patch for now.

> Cheers,
> Ben.

WBR, Sergei
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