Re: [PATCH resent] Documentation: rw_lock lessons learned

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Wed Nov 11 2009 - 12:37:51 EST


On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:08:08 -0500
William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > I would rather see the text in Documentation/spinlocks give an explaination
> > as to why reader/writer locks are normally not desirable.
> >
> > The whole document needs work to make it a developer document, rather than
> > a historical mail thread.. A good document says what should be done today,
> > and does not have old junk or ask the reader to overly new context
> > on old information.
> >
> You wish me to merge our patches?

Sure, I am more concerned about document structure being readable than
preserving my sloppy prose.


> Or this is a second patch in a proposed series?

No. But taking more input from others (maybe Randy will help he is a good
editor) would get this back in shape.

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