Andrew Morton wrote:
>Hugh Dickins wrote:
>
>
>>...
>>Manfred and I have both reviewed the patch (or the 2.5.44 version)
>>and we both recommend it highly (well, let Manfred speak for himself).
>>
>>
>>
>
>OK, thanks.
>
>So I took a look. Wish I hadn't :( The locking rules in there
>are outrageously uncommented. You must be brave people.
>
>
Ahm. No idea who wrote the current locking. But the patch is very nice,
it reduces the lock contention without increasing the number of spinlock
calls.
--
Manfred
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