Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:54:50 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH next] OF: convert devtree lock from rw_lock to raw spinlock | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 11:05:21 -0500
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > > With the locking cleanup in place (from "OF: Fixup resursive > locking code paths"), we can now do the conversion from the > rw_lock to a raw spinlock as required for preempt-rt. > > The previous cleanup and the this conversion were originally > separate since they predated when mainline got raw spinlock (in > commit c2f21ce2e31286a "locking: Implement new raw_spinlock"). > > So, at that point in time, the cleanup was considered plausible > for mainline, but not this conversion. In any case, we've kept > them separate as it makes for easier review and better bisection. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > [PG: taken from preempt-rt, update subject & add a commit log] > Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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