Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Introduce down_nowait() | | Date | Thu, 22 May 2008 18:56:23 +1000 |
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On Thursday 22 May 2008 03:04:58 Daniel Walker wrote: > 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
The patches to change down_trylock to down_try touch a heap of files, which are also touched in other people's trees. If this patch goes upstream, those people rewriting that code can use down_try in their rewrite, and I can throw mine away.
Cheers, Rusty.
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