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From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] eventfd: simplify signal helpers
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:10:54 -0600
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To: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:05:36 +0200
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> This simplifies the eventfd_signal() and eventfd_signal_mask() helpers
> by removing the count argument which is effectively unused.

We have a patch under review which does in fact make use of the
signaling value:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230630155936.3015595-1-jaz@semihalf.com/

Thanks,
Alex