Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:28:17 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Switching TestSetPageLocked to trylock_page |
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Nick Piggin wrote:
> On Thursday 31 July 2008 17:26, Nick Piggin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm wondering if I could get a patch merged which changes all > > TestSetPageLocked and replaces them with trylock_page? > > Yes? No? > > The alternative is try to merge it via -mm or -next, but that just > wastes everybodies time with conflicts of having these differences > between -mm and mainline.
Heh. I had just been _assuming_ this would go through -mm, since it's exactly the kind of thing that usually does go through there.
So I hadn't even really considered it.
I don't mind the patch per se, but can you give some background on what the pending optimization is that makes such a big difference?
Linus
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