Re: [patch 2/6 -rt] powerpc 2.6.20-rt8: to convert spinlocks to rawones.
From: Paul Mackerras
Date: Wed Mar 07 2007 - 11:56:19 EST
Sergei Shtylyov writes:
> 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... :-/
The entire patch description was just this:
> Convert the spinlocks in the PowerPC interrupt related code into the raw ones,
> also convert the PURR and PMC related spinlocks...
which says what you did, but gives NO CLUE about why this might be a
good thing to do - what problem it fixes or what desirable outcome it
produces. I will not apply patches with inadequate descriptions.
Paul.
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