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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/8] locking/mutex: Get rid of use_ww_cxt param in common paths
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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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