Re: [patch] Real-Time Preemption, -RT-2.6.9-rc4-mm1-U8

[Jens Axboe]

On Fri, Oct 22 2004, Bill Huey wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 11:20:59AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > I've been as clear as I know how on the matter of semaphore use in
> > Linux. I've made no comments at all on improving your deadlock
> > detection scheme.
> 
> True, but "...deadlock detection breaks" is a negative comment about
> the deadlock detector without a positive suggestion to change it, is
> it not ? if so, then suggest a change to be made and it'll get
> implementated somehow.

It's a statement about the deadlock detection which is true, it's not a
negative comment. A negative comment would be something ala "the
deadlock detection code is crap". Note, to avoid further confusion in
this thread: I have not read the deadlock detection code, nor do I
intend to. The sentence is only an example of what a negative comment
would look like, in no way does it reflect my view of the deadlock
detection code. End disclaimer.

As I said, I have no personal motivation to work on the deadlock
detection. My interest in the thread pertained only to code in the
kernel and its use of semaphores - something that we already cleared up
many mails ago.

So, please, lets just end it here. This branch of the thread has already
dragged on for way too long.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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