Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] MCS Lock: MCS lock code cleanup and optimizations

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 11/06/2013 01:36 PM, Tim Chen wrote:
> In this patch series, we separated out the MCS lock code which was
> previously embedded in the mutex.c.  This allows for easier reuse of
> MCS lock in other places like rwsem and qrwlock.  We also did some micro
> optimizations and barrier cleanup.
> 
> This patches were previously part of the rwsem optimization patch series
> but now we spearate them out.
> 
> Tim Chen

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but what is MCS lock and what is the
value?

	-hpa


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