* Peter Chubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a patch that adds the missing read_is_locked() and > write_is_locked() macros for IA64. When combined with Ingo's patch, I > can boot an SMP kernel with CONFIG_PREEMPT on. > > However, I feel these macros are misnamed: read_is_locked() returns > true if the lock is held for writing; write_is_locked() returns true > if the lock is held for reading or writing.
well, 'read_is_locked()' means: "will a read_lock() succeed" [assuming no races]. Should name it read_trylock_test()/write_trylock_test() perhaps? Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/