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Re: [PATCH 03/11] Add external interface changes: new lock types for pthread_mutex_t
- From: Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>
- To: Torvald Riegel <triegel at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, Andi Kleen <ak at linux dot jf dot intel dot com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:15:20 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] Add external interface changes: new lock types for pthread_mutex_t
- References: <1370969416-8337-1-git-send-email-andi at firstfloor dot org> <1370969416-8337-4-git-send-email-andi at firstfloor dot org> <1371140842 dot 16968 dot 19094 dot camel at triegel dot csb>
> Please give PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT a new enum value, leaving
> PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL unchanged. Next, don't use elision for
> PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL.
This would mean no elision for existing binaries.
I'm completely opposed to this. This would kill the major benefit
for even doing all of this in glibc.
-Andi