summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation/kernel-hacking
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAlyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io>2021-09-03 11:18:26 -0400
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2021-09-03 15:56:45 -0600
commitabf36fe0be7d754f2a1c733d684d11474e85b7ea (patch)
tree98e70faf6213a2a7c2e214649806f84c243b278e /Documentation/kernel-hacking
parentbf608ebc364e204ced4fc09c0e0a4c33fe671344 (diff)
downloadlinux-abf36fe0be7d754f2a1c733d684d11474e85b7ea.tar.bz2
docs: kernel-hacking: Remove inappropriate text
Remove inappropriate sexual (and ableist) text from the locking documentation, aligning it with the kernel code-of-conduct. As the text was unrelated to locking, this change streamlines the document and improves readability. Signed-off-by: Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210903151826.6300-1-alyssa@rosenzweig.io Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-hacking')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst8
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
index 94232ed1d592..90bc3f51eda9 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
@@ -94,16 +94,10 @@ primitives, but I'll pretend they don't exist.
Locking in the Linux Kernel
===========================
-If I could give you one piece of advice: never sleep with anyone crazier
-than yourself. But if I had to give you advice on locking: **keep it
-simple**.
+If I could give you one piece of advice on locking: **keep it simple**.
Be reluctant to introduce new locks.
-Strangely enough, this last one is the exact reverse of my advice when
-you **have** slept with someone crazier than yourself. And you should
-think about getting a big dog.
-
Two Main Types of Kernel Locks: Spinlocks and Mutexes
-----------------------------------------------------