Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Introduce down_nowait() | From | Daniel Walker <> | Date | Wed, 21 May 2008 10:04:58 -0700 |
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On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 17:56 +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] Introduce down_try() > > I planned on removing the much-disliked down_trylock() (with its > backwards return codes) in 2.6.27, but it's creating something of a > logjam with other patches in -mm and linux-next. > > Andrew suggested introducing "down_try" as a wrapper now, to make > the transition easier.
I must be missing something critical, but what's the logjam this is causing?
Daniel
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