From 42fa566bd74aa7b95413fb00611ec983b488222d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Davidlohr Bueso Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:41:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] locking/mutexes: Document quick lock release when unlocking When unlocking, we always want to reach the slowpath with the lock's counter indicating it is unlocked. -- as returned by the asm fastpath call or by explicitly setting it. While doing so, at least in theory, we can optimize and allow faster lock stealing. When unlocking, we always want to reach the slowpath with the lock's counter indicating it is unlocked. -- as returned by the asm fastpath call or by explicitly setting it. While doing so, at least in theory, we can optimize and allow faster lock stealing. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: jason.low2@hp.com Cc: aswin@hp.com Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1406752916-3341-2-git-send-email-davidlohr@hp.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Reading git-format-patch failed