Re: RT patch acceptance

[Ingo Molnar]

* Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> (That being said, it's already a mighty task to decrypt your way 
> through the maze-like implementation of spin_lock(), lock_kernel(), 
> smp_processor_id() etc, etc.  I really do wish there was some way we 
> could clean up/simplify that stuff before getting in and adding more 
> source-level complexity).

yes, that's next on my list, and it's completely independent of 
PREEMPT_RT, as 'the maze of spinlock APIs' already exists in the current 
kernel. (PREEMPT_RT only makes the problem worse) But dont expect big 
wonders.

	Ingo
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