Re: [RFC 0/8] Move locking primitives into kernel/locking/

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 13:10:44 +0100
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> During Kernel Summit Dave mentioned that there wasn't a clear maintainer for
> locking bits.
> 
> To remedy this Ingo suggested gathering all the various locking primitives and
> lockdep into a single place: kernel/locking/.
> 
> I would further like to propose a MAINTAINERS entry like:
> 
> LOCKING
> M:      Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> M:      Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> M:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> M:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> M:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> T:      git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git locking/core
> S:      Maintained
> F:      kernel/locking/

I wonder if it should be called kernel/locks, as that's less to type,
smaller path names, and tastes good on bagels.

-- Steve

> 
> Because for most 'fun' locking discussions we usually end up with at least
> those people anyway :-)
> 
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/