On Thu, 2013-02-28 at 11:25 +0100, Maarten Lankhorst wrote: > +mutex_reserve_lock_slow and mutex_reserve_lock_intr_slow: > + Similar to mutex_reserve_lock, except it won't backoff with > -EAGAIN. > + This is useful when mutex_reserve_lock failed with -EAGAIN, and you > + unreserved all reservation_locks so no deadlock can occur. > +
I don't particularly like these function names, with lock implementations the _slow post-fix is typically used for slow path implementations, not API type interfaces. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
