Re: [patch 00/15] Generic Mutex Subsystem

• To: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: [patch 00/15] Generic Mutex Subsystem
• From: Nick Piggin <[email protected]>
• Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:48:52 +1100
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Arjan van de Ven wrote:

On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 19:21 +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:

But I thought Linus phrased it as though mutex should be made
available and no large scale conversions.

it's one at a time. Manual inspection etc etc
and I don't expect 99% coverage, but the important 50% after 6 months or
so...

So long as there is a plan and movement, that is fine in my opinion.

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  • Re: [patch 00/15] Generic Mutex Subsystem
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