[RFC 7/9] backports: backport ww_mutex support

2013-07-29 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
From: Luis R. Rodriguez mcg...@do-not-panic.com This backports the kernel's wound/wait style locks 040a0a371, using the linux-stable v3.11-rc2 as a base for development. Given the complexity to support debugging mutexes this backport implementation is simplified by only making this feature

[RFC 7/9] backports: backport ww_mutex support

2013-07-27 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" This backports the kernel's wound/wait style locks 040a0a371, using the linux-stable v3.11-rc2 as a base for development. Given the complexity to support debugging mutexes this backport implementation is simplified by only making this feature