Re: RT Mutex patch and tester [PREEMPT_RT]

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On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 11:31 +0100, Esben Nielsen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >  I have updated it:
> >
> > 1) Now ALL_TASKS_PI is 0 again. Only RT tasks will be added to
> > task->pi_waiters. Therefore we avoid taking the owner->pi_lock when the
> > waiter isn't RT.
> > 2) Merged into 2.6.15-rt6.
> > 3) Updated the tester to test the hand over of BKL, which was mentioned
> > as a potential issue by Bill Huey. Also added/adjusted the tests for the
> > ALL_TASKS_PI==0 setup.
> > (I really like unittesting: If someone points out an issue or finds a bug,
> > make a test first demonstrating the problem. Then fixing the code is a lot
> > easier - especially in this case where I run rt.c in userspace where I can
> > easily use gdb.)
>
> Hmm, maybe I'll actually get a chance to finally play with this. I've
> discovered issues with the hrtimers earlier, and was too busy helping
> Thomas with them.  That had to take precedence.
>
I just keep making small improvements and test as I get time (which isn't
much).

Esben
> ;)
>
> -- Steve
>
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