>>>>> "Ingo" == Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ingo> * 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. Ingo> well, 'read_is_locked()' means: "will a read_lock() succeed" Fail, surely? -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* - 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/
