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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] [0/6] kfifo fixes/improvements
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    Am Montag, den 28.12.2009, 02:41 +0100 schrieb Andi Kleen:
    > On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 04:12:06PM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
    > >
    > > > I am not happy to see you to take over my project. Especial as most of
    > > > your fixes are part of my new macro based implementation. Have a look at
    > > > http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/69093/
    > >
    > > I don't really understand. You spent a lot of time getting the kfifo
    > > stuff merged, and now you want to merge (quoting from that patch above)
    > > "a complete reimplementation of the new kfifo API"?
    > >

    Yes, because of the limitations. The new merge kfifo stuff was based on
    the old one. So i overtake this it. But the new one is fully compatible
    to the merged kfifo.

    > > What happened here? Couldn't you have done the reimplementation before
    > > merging?
    >

    I am sorry, but did not recognized all constrains and features which are
    really necessary for a real generic fifo interface. And also i did't saw
    the possibility to do it as a template, because C does not support it.
    It takes time the mature the idea to implement this as a macro set.

    BTW, you give me the idea to reimplementation for kfifo, because you ask
    me if it is not possible to merge my kqueue RFC.

    > I guess the reimplementation came too late (happens sometimes)
    > And I agree that making kfifos record oriented makes sense.

    What does it mean? To late for 2.6.33 or to late to replace it for ever?
    I think it is easy to replace, because it is fully tested and 100
    percent compatible to the new kfifo implementation.

    >
    > Still now that the old one is in we have to fix it at least
    > until there are no users left.
    >

    The only user of the new features are currently you.




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