Re: [PATCH RT] Align rt_mutex inlining with upstream behavior

[Alex Goins]

This should work.

    Reviewed-by: Alex Goins <agoins@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Alex

On Fri, 10 Feb 2017, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:

> On 2017-02-10 10:09:29 [-0800], Andy Ritger wrote:
> > Is the
> > 
> >     WARN_ON(rt_mutex_is_locked(lock));
> > 
> > in rt_mutex_destroy() valuable in non-CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES kernels,
> > such that it would be better to always call it, and not noop away mutex_destroy()
> > non-CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES kernels?  I thought that was your objection to
> > Alex's original patch.
> 
> It kind of wasâ
> So first I removed the GPL symbol. Then I wasn't too happy about it
> especially since it was not introduced as part of RT. So I reverted that
> changed and aligned with mainline behaviour (the mutex_rt.h hunk). But
> then I noticed that with CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=n and
> CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES=y we still have a regression compared to !RT and
> this was the initial motivation to fix things.
> Then I got curious why mutex_lock() (which is essential rt_mutex_lock())
> works and noticed the wrapper around it. And while looking at it I
> decided to go back to strip the GPL part from export symbol instead of
> adding a wrapper. And here I am.
> Then I was looking at the patch and decided to align with mainline (and
> keep that one hunk) in case Ingo ask for his GPL symbol.
> 
> > Thanks,
> > - Andy
> Sebastian
>