Documentation/x86: Update split lock documentation
authorTony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:57:22 +0000 (15:57 -0700)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:02:35 +0000 (12:02 -0600)
commit054ed6349c1bdc5f4575aea05a1d37ee45ec5fb7
tree21f239a7771afa6d5735594b6fb655410c724865
parent1aa63d4eb88167612be78e3b5a986b996544dca3
Documentation/x86: Update split lock documentation

commit b041b525dab9 ("x86/split_lock: Make life miserable for split
lockers") added a delay and serialization of split locks. Commit
727209376f49 ("x86/split_lock: Add sysctl to control the misery mode")
provided a sysctl to turn off the misery.

Update the split lock documentation to describe the current state of
the code.

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230315225722.104607-1-tony.luck@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Documentation/x86/buslock.rst