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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Alison Schofield <amsfield22@gmail.com>
Cc: outreachy-kernel@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: replace semaphore get_inactive_time with a completion
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:54:44 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160220005444.GA8913@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1455911140-9055-1-git-send-email-amsfield22@gmail.com>

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 11:45:40AM -0800, Alison Schofield wrote:
> Semaphore get_inactive_time is used to signal completion of its host
> interface message. Since the thread locking this semaphore will have
> to wait, completions are the preferred mechanism and will offer a
> performance improvement.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <amsfield22@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c | 7 ++++---
>  drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.h | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Doesn't apply after applying your other patch :(



  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-02-20  0:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-16  8:27 [PATCH 0/3] staging: wilc1000: semaphores to mutexes in host_interface Alison Schofield
2016-02-16  8:30 ` [PATCH 1/3] staging: wilc1000: host_interface: remove unused semaphores Alison Schofield
2016-02-16  8:33   ` [Outreachy kernel] " Arnd Bergmann
2016-02-19  6:45     ` Alison Schofield
2016-02-19  8:11       ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-02-16  8:31 ` [PATCH 2/3] staging: wilc1000: host_interface: replace semaphores with mutexes Alison Schofield
2016-02-16  8:46   ` [Outreachy kernel] " Arnd Bergmann
2016-02-16 17:36   ` Greg KH
2016-02-16 18:16   ` Alison Schofield
2016-02-16 21:34     ` [Outreachy kernel] " Arnd Bergmann
2016-02-19 19:42       ` Alison Schofield
2016-02-19 19:45   ` [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: replace semaphore get_inactive_time with a completion Alison Schofield
2016-02-19 21:03     ` [Outreachy kernel] " Arnd Bergmann
2016-02-20  0:54     ` Greg KH [this message]
2016-02-20  1:06       ` Alison Schofield
2016-02-20  1:13         ` Greg KH
2016-02-16  8:36 ` [PATCH 3/3] staging: wilc1000: host_interface: destroy mutexes at init/deinit Alison Schofield

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