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    SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC 25/26] tile: Remove spin_unlock_wait() arch-specific definitions
    On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 05:06:16PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
    > On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Paul E. McKenney
    > <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
    > > There is no agreed-upon definition of spin_unlock_wait()'s semantics,
    > > and it appears that all callers could do just as well with a lock/unlock
    > > pair. This commit therefore removes the underlying arch-specific
    > > arch_spin_unlock_wait().
    >
    > Please don't make this one commit fopr every architecture.
    >
    > Once something gets removed, it gets removed. There's no point in
    > "remove it from architecture X". If there are no more users, we're
    > done with it, and making it be 25 patches with the same commit message
    > instead of just one doesn't help anybody.

    Apologies, I will merge them.

    Thanx, Paul

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