Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 3 Aug 2008 10:35:41 -0700 (PDT) | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Introduce down_try() so we can move away from down_trylock() |
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Anyway, I NAK'ed your patches. Deal with it.
Btw, "dealing with it" can just be "don't bother".
Leaving old stuff _alone_ is a perfectly good approach. Being slightly ugly for historical reasons is much less of a problem than just "change for change's sake".
Linus
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