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SubjectRe: [PATCH 07/10] futex: use freezable blocking call
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On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> Colin,
>
> I don't know anything about when or when not to use freezable*, and I
> suspect that may be true for others as well. A more complete
> description of why it's acceptable here in the commit log might help
> expedite acceptance.
>

Sure, how about:
This call can be converted to a freezable call because it doesn't hold
any locks or release any resources when interrupted that might be
needed by another freezing task or a kernel driver during suspend.


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