Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Introduce down_try() so we can move away from down_trylock() | Date | Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:28:45 +1000 |
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On Monday 04 August 2008 03:35:41 Linus Torvalds wrote: > 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".
Yes, let's not make a mountain out of a molehill.
Someone sent me a patch documenting the illogic of down_trylock(). I decided to try to fix it rather than just bitch and moan.
Kernel coding involves occasionally getting fed a Linus-special shit sandwich rant. I've long given up expecting a polite "No; please just replace them all with mutexes" one-liner. I might have actually been shocked into doing it.
Consider the patches forgotten, Rusty.
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