On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 10:36:01AM +0200, Andreas Mohr wrote: > There might be further archives (other than gmane.org or some such), > however so far lkml.org seemed to be quite ok > and with IMHO better usability than some others
Agreed, in that I liked the interface best too, however: > (although it has degraded a lot indeed in recent times, > judging from > many server/connection issues and > not listing details any more due to SPAM etc.). this has gotten to the point where it often simply doesn't show messages anymore, threads are incomplete etc.. > > > A possibly good way to commit-micro-manage this would be: > > > 1. commit shoves things into a newly created encapsulation/wrapper helper > > > stuff_lock(&flc_lock); /* <---- naming surely can be improved here */ > > > > No, because not all instances of flc_flock need the percpu-rwsem held, > > creating such a wrapper could mistakenly create the impression it > > should. > > OK, that aspect sounds valid. > However with a helper appropriately named to be focussing on > that use case (protecting that section communication), > it might be less of a concern. Dunno, I'd struggling to come up with a sensible name for such a construct. I'll leave that to others. If it really is desired we can always do so later.
