Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 21 Dec 2003 15:28:22 +0000 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [RFC,PATCH] use rcu for fasync_lock |
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Davide Libenzi wrote: > First, f_op->poll() does not allow you to send and event mask, > and this requires the driver to indiscriminately wake up both IN and OUT > waiters. The second area will be to give the driver to specify some "info" > > wake_up_info(&wq, XXXX);
I agree totally, both of these are (and always were, isn't it amazing how long these things take) the way to do it "properly".
> The good thing is that migration can be gradual, beside the initial > dumb compile fixing to suite the new f_op->poll() interface.
Even that's trivial, if a little time consuming, as it's only a function signature change. Actually using the extra argument is optional for each driver.
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