Re: [GIT PULL] locking tree changes for v3.16

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 03 Jun 2014 14:50:51 -0700 Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@xxxxxx> wrote:

> > The main changes in this cycle were:
> > 
> >  - reduced/streamlined smp_mb__*() interface that allows more usecases 
> >    and makes the existing ones less buggy, especially in rarer 
> >    architectures
> > 
> >  - add rwsem implementation comments
> > 
> >  - bump up lockdep limits
> 
> So I guess the rwsem optimistic spinning stuff will be routed through
> akpm then (which is already in -next for a while, through -mm).

I'd prefer not - I put it in there just to get some linux-next exposure.
A change like this should be carefully poked at by people who understand
what they're poking.
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