Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/4] Rename lock_cpu_hotplug/unlock_cpu_hotplug

["Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 12:31:02PM -0700, Paul Jackson wrote:
> Paul E. McKenney wrtoe:
> > Can the locusts reasonably take a return value from the acquisition
> > primitive and feed it to the release primitive?
> 
> Yes - the locusts typically do:
> 
>     mutex_lock(&callback_mutex);
>     ... a line or two to read or write cpusets ...
>     mutex_unlock(&callback_mutex);
> 
> The lock and unlock are just a few lines apart.  I could easily pass
> a value from the lock (acquisition) to the unlock (release).
> 
> Why do you ask?

Because passing the value from the acquire to the release could remove
the need to store anything in the task structure, but allow the freedom
of implementation that would be provided by storing things in the task
structure.

Let me throw something together...

							Thanx, Paul
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