From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-GM-THRID: 6251802816159940608 X-Received: by 10.25.18.227 with SMTP id 96mr2223685lfs.4.1455929687578; Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:54:47 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: outreachy-kernel@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.28.134.133 with SMTP id i127ls40120wmd.43.canary; Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:54:46 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.28.6.14 with SMTP id 14mr68236wmg.6.1455929686487; Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:54:46 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org (mail.linuxfoundation.org. [140.211.169.12]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 141si583198wmy.2.2016.02.19.16.54.46 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:54:46 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of gregkh@linuxfoundation.org designates 140.211.169.12 as permitted sender) client-ip=140.211.169.12; Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of gregkh@linuxfoundation.org designates 140.211.169.12 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Received: from localhost (c-50-170-35-168.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [50.170.35.168]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 184AF10E2; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 00:54:45 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:54:44 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Alison Schofield Cc: outreachy-kernel@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: replace semaphore get_inactive_time with a completion Message-ID: <20160220005444.GA8913@kroah.com> References: <4f9af8d5cac2ccb9e81ef5908ef0b3b0cdec6145.1455609607.git.amsfield22@gmail.com> <1455911140-9055-1-git-send-email-amsfield22@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1455911140-9055-1-git-send-email-amsfield22@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) 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 > Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann > --- > 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 :(