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Re: [PATCH 5/8] Move i486/pthread_spin_trylock.S to pthread_spin_trylock.S


On 08/26/2015 05:01 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
>> Could you instead please try to replace the custom asm implementation
>> with a C implementation, preferably the generic one in
>> nptl/pthread_spin_trylock.c?  And, if necessary, and improve the latter
>> if there is a significant performance difference for uncontended locks?
> 
> As I just said in another thread, meaningful changes such as that should
> not be conflated with the mechanical directory restructuring HJ is doing
> now.  Of course, doing removals first reduces the number of renamings
> required.  But the directory restructuring is entirely mechanical and so
> its review can consist of verifying that nothing materially changed in the
> build whatsoever.  Meaningful changes require meaningful review.
> 
> Directory restructuring changes, when generally desireable, should never be
> gated on unrelated meaningful changes.  So if HJ wants to do those
> meaningful improvements first, that's fine.  But nobody should be objecting
> to the directory restructuring changes on the grounds that some other
> meaningful change is also desireable.

+1

c.
 


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