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Re: [PATCH 08/14] Add manual for lock elision
- From: Andi Kleen <ak at linux dot jf dot intel dot com>
- To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Andi Kleen <ak at linux dot jf dot intel dot com>, Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:09:46 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/14] Add manual for lock elision
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On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 02:01:29PM -0400, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> On 06/28/2013 01:42 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> >> If it's temporary then you shouldn't mind if we checkin
> >> a temporary manual patch that ensures we have something
> >> in place for 2.18?
> >
> > Are you saying you want to ship 2.18 without the tuning
> > interfaces?
>
> No. I'm saying that all commits to master should be
> transiently correct at all times.
For that we don't need a manual then, after all pthread
is completely undocumented and still shipping.
So it can be moved last.
-Andi
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