Re: [PATCH v3] doc:lock: remove reference to clever use of read-write lock

2019-09-14 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:32:27 +0100 Will Deacon wrote: > > So there is no reason to teach cleaver things that people should not do. > > cleaver => clever I dunno...personally I'm also opposed to teaching people tricks with cleavers too, at least in the kernel-development context. Our flame wa

Re: [PATCH v3] doc:lock: remove reference to clever use of read-write lock

2019-09-12 Thread Will Deacon
On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 08:29:01AM +0200, Federico Vaga wrote: > Remove the clever example about read-write lock because this type of > lock is not reccomended anymore (according to the very same document). reccomended => recommended > So there is no reason to teach cleaver things that people sho

[PATCH v3] doc:lock: remove reference to clever use of read-write lock

2019-09-07 Thread Federico Vaga
Remove the clever example about read-write lock because this type of lock is not reccomended anymore (according to the very same document). So there is no reason to teach cleaver things that people should not do. Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga --- Documentation/locking/spinlocks.rst | 12 -