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2013-02-19locking/stat: Fix a typoYuanhan Liu1-1/+1
s/STATS/STAT Signed-off-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1359019365-23646-1-git-send-email-yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2011-05-28Documentation: Add statistics about nested locksJuri Lelli1-2/+34
Explain what the trailing "/1" on some lock class names of lock_stat output means. Reviewed-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4DD4F6C1.5090701@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-05-25mm: Convert i_mmap_lock to a mutexPeter Zijlstra1-1/+1
Straightforward conversion of i_mmap_lock to a mutex. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-06lockstat: Add usage info to Documentation/lockstat.txtFrank Rowand1-0/+12
Add usage info to Documentation/lockstat.txt Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@am.sony.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <4B05BE7D.30500@am.sony.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-20lockstat: contend with pointsPeter Zijlstra1-18/+32
We currently only provide points that have to wait on contention, also lists the points we have to wait for. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-05lockstat: documentation updatePeter Zijlstra1-0/+1
Christoph noted that the documentation doesn't tell in what unit the lockstat times are reported, ammend this. Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2007-10-07lockstat: documentationPeter Zijlstra1-0/+120
Provide some documentation for CONFIG_LOCK_STAT. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>