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From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: a.zummo@towertech.it, dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net,
	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, cbou@mail.ru, peterz@infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com, krh@redhat.com,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>,
	stern@rowland.harvard.edu, rtc-linux@googlegroups.com,
	spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, dwmw2@infradead.org,
	davem@davemloft.net, jarkao2@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] convert semaphore to mutex in struct class
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 01:01:13 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200801070101.15168.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080107084528.GA8365@suse.de>

On Monday 07 January 2008, Greg KH wrote:
> Most of the non-driver core code should be converted to not use the
> lock in the class at all.  They should use a local lock instead.

Or better yet, that yet-to-be-written class_for_each_instance()
iterator ... :)


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From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>,
	stern@rowland.harvard.edu, peterz@infradead.org,
	davem@davemloft.net, jarkao2@gmail.com, krh@redhat.com,
	dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net,
	James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com, a.zummo@towertech.it,
	cbou@mail.ru, dwmw2@infradead.org,
	linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, rtc-linux@googlegroups.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] convert semaphore to mutex in struct class
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 01:01:13 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200801070101.15168.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080107084528.GA8365@suse.de>

On Monday 07 January 2008, Greg KH wrote:
> Most of the non-driver core code should be converted to not use the
> lock in the class at all.  They should use a local lock instead.

Or better yet, that yet-to-be-written class_for_each_instance()
iterator ... :)


  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-07  9:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-03  5:50 [PATCH 0/7] convert semaphore to mutex in struct class Dave Young
2008-01-03  7:06 ` Jarek Poplawski
2008-01-03  7:24   ` Jarek Poplawski
2008-01-03  7:21     ` Dave Young
2008-01-03  7:41       ` Jarek Poplawski
2008-01-06 18:41 ` Stefan Richter
2008-01-07  2:09   ` Dave Young
2008-01-07  2:09     ` Dave Young
2008-01-07  8:45     ` Greg KH
2008-01-07  8:45       ` Greg KH
2008-01-07  9:01       ` David Brownell [this message]
2008-01-07  9:01         ` David Brownell
2008-01-07 13:23         ` Stefan Richter
2008-01-07 13:23           ` Stefan Richter
2008-01-07 14:00           ` Jarek Poplawski
2008-01-07 14:00             ` Jarek Poplawski
2008-01-07 16:36             ` Stefan Richter
2008-01-07 15:44           ` Greg KH
2008-01-07 15:44             ` Greg KH
2008-01-07 17:13             ` Stefan Richter
2008-01-07 17:20               ` Greg KH
2008-01-08  7:05                 ` Dave Young
2008-01-08 22:48                   ` Greg KH
2008-01-08 22:48                     ` Greg KH
2008-01-09  1:32                     ` Dave Young
2008-01-09  1:32                       ` Dave Young
2008-01-09  6:13                       ` Dave Young
2008-01-09  6:13                         ` Dave Young
2008-01-09  6:37                         ` Dave Young
2008-01-09  6:39                           ` Dave Young
2008-01-09  6:39                             ` Dave Young
2008-01-10  9:48                             ` Dave Young
2008-01-10 12:34                               ` Stefan Richter
2008-01-10 12:34                                 ` Stefan Richter
2008-01-11  2:18                                 ` Dave Young
2008-01-11  2:18                                   ` Dave Young
2008-01-10 13:23                               ` Cornelia Huck
2008-01-11  2:33                                 ` Dave Young
2008-01-11  2:33                                   ` Dave Young
2008-01-11  8:23                                   ` Cornelia Huck
2008-01-11  8:53                                     ` Dave Young
2008-01-11  8:53                                       ` Dave Young
2008-01-10 15:41                               ` Alan Stern
2008-01-10 15:41                                 ` Alan Stern
2008-01-11  2:37                                 ` Dave Young
2008-01-11  2:37                                   ` Dave Young
2008-01-10 18:39                               ` Greg KH
2008-01-11  2:40                                 ` Dave Young
2008-01-11  2:40                                   ` Dave Young
2008-01-07 17:25               ` Alan Stern
2008-01-07 17:25                 ` Alan Stern
2008-01-07 10:00       ` Dave Young
2008-01-07 10:00         ` Dave Young

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