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| author | Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io> | 2021-09-03 17:18:26 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2021-09-03 23:56:45 +0200 |
| commit | abf36fe0be7d754f2a1c733d684d11474e85b7ea (patch) | |
| tree | 98e70faf6213a2a7c2e214649806f84c243b278e /Documentation | |
| parent | docs/zh_TW: add translations for zh_TW/filesystems (diff) | |
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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')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst | 8 |
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 ----------------------------------------------------- |