Re: [PATCH 0/2] locking: Simplify mutex and rwsem spinning code

[Jason Low]

On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 12:49 -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 12:39 -0700, Jason Low wrote:
> > This patchset applies on top of tip.
> > 
> > Jason Low (2):
> >   locking/mutex: Further refactor mutex_spin_on_owner()
> >   locking/rwsem: Use a return variable in rwsem_spin_on_owner()
> > 
> >  kernel/locking/mutex.c      |   14 ++++----------
> >  kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c |   25 ++++++++++++-------------
> >  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> Meh. Personally I wouldn't mid leaving these files alone for a change,
> the code is already pretty readable imho. Of course its a matter of
> taste, so I won't argue.

I agree that it's quite readable now too, though Peter and Ingo seems
like they would prefer these changes :)

https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/7/46
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/16/102


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