On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 10:40 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 08:46:29AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > +/* > > > + * MCS lock defines > > > + * > > > + * This file contains the main data structure and API definitions of MCS > > > lock. > > > > A (very) short blurb about what an MCS lock is would be nice here. > > A while back I suggested including a link to something like: > > http://www.cise.ufl.edu/tr/DOC/REP-1992-71.pdf > > Its a fairly concise write-up of the idea; only 6 pages. The sad part > about linking to the web is that links tend to go dead after a while.
Link rot is a problem. If I provide a few details about MCS lock I think people should be able to google for it. Tim -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
