Re: [PATCH 08/10] rwsem: down_read_critical infrastructure support

From: Michel Lespinasse
Date: Thu May 20 2010 - 19:30:20 EST


On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:34 AM, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Can I suggest you change this to:
>
>        enum rwsem_waiter_type {
>                RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE,
>                RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_READ,
>                RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_UNFAIR_READ
>        };
>
> and then change:
>
>>       unsigned int flags;
>
> to:
>
>        enum rwsem_waiter_type type;
>
> and use this throughout.  It simplifies some of the code too.  See attached
> patch.

Makes perfect sense assuming we don't plan to add more flags in the future.
I'll use this in V4 series.

> -       if (flags & RWSEM_UNFAIR)
> +       if (type & RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_UNFAIR_READ)

if (type == RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_UNFAIR_READ)

--
Michel "Walken" Lespinasse
A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies.
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