Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:21:02 +0100 | From | Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] rtmutex: take the waiter lock with irqs off |
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On 11/22/2013 05:08 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 02:59:31PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: >> +extern void __lockfunc rt_spin_try_unlock(spinlock_t *lock); > > I know what you mean, but.. try_unlock() just sounds wrong, how can we > attempt but fail to unlock a lock we hold ;-)
what about - rt_spin_unlock_try_or_fail(); - __rt_spin_unlock_dont_use_me()
Couldn't we tell lockdep to bend the rules in this case?
> > > /me crawls back under his rock ;-) :)
Sebastian
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