Re: [PATCH] Documentation/x86: Update split lock documentation

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Thu Mar 23 2023 - 14:03:17 EST


Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> commit b041b525dab9 ("x86/split_lock: Make life miserable for split
> lockers") added a delay and serialization of cplit locks. Commit
> 727209376f49 ("x86/split_lock: Add sysctl to control the misery mode")
> provided a sysctl to turn off the misery.
>
> Update the split lock documentation to describe the current state of
> the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/x86/buslock.rst | 10 ++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Applied (with the typo pointed out by Fenghua fixed), thanks.

jon