[PATCH 1/8] jump_label: no need to acquire the jump_label_mutex in jump_lable_init()

Peter Zijlstra peterz at infradead.org
Fri Aug 21 04:29:03 AEST 2015


On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 08:14:29PM +0800, Kevin Hao wrote:
> The jump_label_init() run in a very early stage, even before the
> sched_init(). So there is no chance for concurrent access of the
> jump label table.

It also doesn't hurt to have it. Its better to be consistent and
conservative with locking unless there is a pressing need.


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