Re: [PATCH 04/11] ipc: move locking out of ipcctl_pre_down_nolock

[Andrew Morton]

On Fri, 24 May 2013 15:21:36 -0700 Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx> wrote:

> > 
> > Where should readers go to understand the overall locking scheme?  A
> > description of the overall object hierarchy and the role which the
> > various locks play?
> 
> That can be done, how about something like
> Documentation/ipc-locking.txt?

I find that code comments at definition sites work better, if possible.
Standalone documentation ends up being too verbose and never gets
updated or read...

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