Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 May 2013 15:29:45 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 04/11] ipc: move locking out of ipcctl_pre_down_nolock |
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On Fri, 24 May 2013 15:21:36 -0700 Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com> wrote:
> > > > Where should readers go to understand the overall locking scheme? A > > description of the overall object hierarchy and the role which the > > various locks play? > > That can be done, how about something like > Documentation/ipc-locking.txt?
I find that code comments at definition sites work better, if possible. Standalone documentation ends up being too verbose and never gets updated or read...
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