Commit abf36fe0 authored by Alyssa Rosenzweig's avatar Alyssa Rosenzweig Committed by Jonathan Corbet

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: default avatarAlyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210903151826.6300-1-alyssa@rosenzweig.ioSigned-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent bf608ebc
......@@ -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
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