Re: [PATCH 1/3] locking: ww_mutex: add one level of indirection for access of the lock

2015-02-27 Thread Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
On 02/27/2015 07:20 PM, Maarten Lankhorst wrote: > Assuming it's compile tested, can't really test that here. :) It passes the self-test without the killable one and the other one I switched off. And that thing that we have in -RT has been reported to be working with the nouveau driver. There is t

Re: [PATCH 1/3] locking: ww_mutex: add one level of indirection for access of the lock

2015-02-27 Thread Maarten Lankhorst
Assuming it's compile tested, can't really test that here. :) Reviewed-by: Maarten Lankhorst I can't review the second or third patch, I don't understand rt mutexes well enough. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger

[PATCH 1/3] locking: ww_mutex: add one level of indirection for access of the lock

2015-02-27 Thread Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
This level of indirection is one step towards replacing the "mutex" with a different kind of locking mechanism. The new functions of the form "__.*_lock" provide access to whatever is hidden behind the "base" member in ww-mutex's struct Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior --- include/linux/