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

[Torvald Riegel]

On Wed, 2015-08-26 at 14:01 -0700, 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.
> 

I don't disagree with that -- I simply hadn't paid attention to the
wider set of changes, and moving the file around seemed like a good
opportunity to try to get rid of custom asm.