Re: [PATCH 2/2] __down_common: use signal_pending_state()

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Wed Jun 04 2008 - 15:54:28 EST


On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 10:08:58PM +0400, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> Actually, I don't understand why __down_common/__mutex_lock_common are inlines,
> perhaps it is better to shrink .text instead.

I believe Ingo did extensive benchmarking to determine that the current
situation with mutex_lock_common is the best one. I didn't, I assumed
that following Ingo's lead would be the best idea.

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