From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Maurer Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v8 1/9] Restartable sequences system call Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:56:25 +0000 Message-ID: <1BD94294-23AD-40CC-8227-43AE1AD8092F@fb.com> References: <1471637274-13583-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> <1471637274-13583-2-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> <545371402.19191.1472144912215.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <545371402.19191.1472144912215.JavaMail.zimbra-vg+e7yoeK/dWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> Content-Language: en-US Content-ID: Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Mathieu Desnoyers , Linus Torvalds , Dave Watson Cc: Peter Zijlstra , "Paul E. McKenney" , Boqun Feng , Andy Lutomirski , linux-kernel , linux-api , Paul Turner , Andrew Morton , Russell King , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H. 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