Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:35:00 -0700 (PDT) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] eventfd: add internal reference counting to fix notifier race conditions |
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On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Gregory Haskins wrote:
> Davide Libenzi wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Jun 2009, Gregory Haskins wrote: > > > > > >> To be honest, I am not sure. I would guess its not a *huge* deal, > >> though it was obviously enough of a concern to at least discuss it. I > >> can definitely say that I think the other issues which are being fixed > >> are substantially more important. > >> > > > > Ok then, will repost the revised patch later today. > > > > Ok sounds good. I did have a chance to take a closer look at your > proposal for the key data, and I think it makes a lot of sense. Do you > see it as a problem if we defer adding that? Or should we try to add > that notion now?
That would need to go eventually via mainline, after some discussion. But yes, I believe that using the "key" as simple bitmask is a little restrictive.
- Davide
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