Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/8] locking/mutex: Get rid of use_ww_cxt param in common paths | From | Davidlohr Bueso <> | Date | Sun, 28 Dec 2014 10:12:57 -0800 |
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On Sun, 2014-12-28 at 17:23 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 01:11:17AM -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > > ... and simplify a bit the parameters of __mutex_lock_common(). This > > is straightforward as we can just check if the ww cxt for NULL if passed > > from non wait/wound paths. > > > The reason for this trainwreck is because of some older GCC not actually doing > the const propagation of the MULL pointer right.
That's a shame, I really detest all this ww mess.
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