Re: [PATCH 2/5] TOMOYO: Clarify lock protected section.

From: Tetsuo Handa
Date: Mon Jun 01 2009 - 22:31:00 EST


Li Zefan wrote:
> Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > Enclose reader section in
> > /***** READER SECTION START *****/
> > and
> > /***** READER SECTION END *****/
> > and writer section in
> > /***** WRITER SECTION START *****/
> > and
> > /***** WRITER SECTION END *****/
> > in order to avoid oversighting lock protected section.
> >
>
> This makes me a bit uncomfortable..
>
> IMHO this seems ugly, useless, and even harmful. If it's helpful,
> we'd be doing this for the whole kernel tree, which is crazy..
>
> Or does tomoyo do this for it's special reason?

I intended to help reviewers to visualize the range of protected section
at a glance. But if reviewers feel noisy, I can remove these markers.

Thanks.
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