Re: [PATCH 0/2] extend synchro-test module to test spinlocks too

2013-02-02 Thread Michel Lespinasse
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:47:12 -0800 > Michel Lespinasse wrote: > >> I'm not sure whats' the back story with synchro-test though - they seem >> to have been stuck in andrew's tree for a very long time now. Is there >> any reason delaying their

Re: [PATCH 0/2] extend synchro-test module to test spinlocks too

2013-01-02 Thread Andrew Morton
On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:47:12 -0800 Michel Lespinasse wrote: > I'm not sure whats' the back story with synchro-test though - they seem > to have been stuck in andrew's tree for a very long time now. Is there > any reason delaying their inclusion or is it just that nobody's been > pushing for them

[PATCH 0/2] extend synchro-test module to test spinlocks too

2012-12-30 Thread Michel Lespinasse
I wanted a synthetic test to help me understand the performance of Rik's proposed spinlock proportional backoff patches, and the synchro-test in andrew's mmotm tree looked like an obvious candidate to be extended, so I ended up with the following couple patches. I'm not sure whats' the back story