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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kernel/async.c:introduce async_schedule*_atomic
On Wed, 13 May 2009 09:47:28 +0200
Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 13 May 2009 03:20:13 +0200,
> Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 08:28:15AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
>
> > > Also we still allow async_schedule*() to run a job synchronously
> > > if out of memory
> > > or other failure. This can keep consistency with before.
> >
> >
> > Yes, but also most of the current users of async_schedule() could
> > call it with GFP_KERNEL. For now it's not an issue because it is
> > not widely used, but who knows how that will evolve...
>
> Well, if we want to change the interface, now would be a good time
> since there are still few callers.

I would prefer it that if we make a more complex interface, we keep the
current simple interface as a wrapper, so that the simple case can
remain simple.

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