Re: [PATCH] rw_semaphores, optimisations try #3

[David Howells]

Linus Torvalds <[e-mail]> wrote:
> - nobody will look up the list because we do have the spinlock at this
>   point, so a destroyed list doesn't actually _matter_ to anybody

I suppose that it'll be okay, provided I take care not to access a block for a
task I've just woken up.

> - list_remove_between() doesn't care about the integrity of the entries
>   it destroys. It only uses, and only changes, the entries that are still
>   on the list.

True. Okay, I can change it to use that.

David