Re: [RFC 1/8] locking: Move mutex into kernel/locking/

From: Michel Lespinasse
Date: Tue Nov 05 2013 - 16:24:49 EST


On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This is probably a stupid question, but I haven't been able to find
>> one kernel version that this applies cleanly over ???
>
> Oh my bad, it appears I made it against a working tree, not an actual
> published tree. That said, I don't think the rejects should be super
> hard to fix.
>
> If people don't object to the idea I'll respin against something
> published and testable.

Yes please.

The reason I want to apply this is because code moves cause noisy
patches, and the easiest way I know to fully figure them out is to
diff them against a private tree where I have moved the same files
(yeah, there really ought to be a better way, ....)

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