Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 7 Jan 2020 17:34:43 +0000 | From | Will Deacon <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] locking/qspinlock: Fix inaccessible URL of MCS lock paper |
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On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 10:16:19AM -0500, Waiman Long wrote: > It turns out that the URL of the MCS lock paper listed in the source > code is no longer accessible. I did got question about where the paper > was. This patch updates the URL to BZ 206115 which contains a copy of > the paper from > > https://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/scott/papers/1991_TOCS_synch.pdf > > Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> > --- > kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 5 ++--- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c > index 2473f10c6956..ce75b2270b58 100644 > --- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c > +++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c > @@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ > /* > * The basic principle of a queue-based spinlock can best be understood > * by studying a classic queue-based spinlock implementation called the > - * MCS lock. The paper below provides a good description for this kind > - * of lock. > + * MCS lock. A copy of the original MCS lock papaer is available at
s/papaer/paper/
I think I reviewed the previous patch as you sent this version, but please could you reword as suggested here [1]?
Cheers,
Will
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200107172343.GA32009@willie-the-truck/T/#m0f9eaf53e509b87d0f6378e35514c9b120d8edc2
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