From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 12/14] Closures Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 15:54:14 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1337817771-25038-1-git-send-email-koverstreet@google.com> <1337817771-25038-13-git-send-email-koverstreet@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1337817771-25038-13-git-send-email-koverstreet-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> (Kent Overstreet's message of "Wed, 23 May 2012 17:02:49 -0700") Sender: linux-bcache-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Kent Overstreet Cc: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-bcache-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, dm-devel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, axboe-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org, agk-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, neilb-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org, drbd-dev-cunTk1MwBs8qoQakbn7OcQ@public.gmane.org, bharrosh-C4P08NqkoRlBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org, vgoyal-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, mpatocka-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, sage-BnTBU8nroG7k1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org, yehuda-L5o5AL9CYN0tUFlbccrkMA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org Kent Overstreet writes: > Asynchronous refcounty thingies; they embed a refcount and a work > struct. Extensive documentation follows in include/linux/closure.h Sounds like you reinvented WTDs? Anyways I don't think this is something that should be in a kernel. -Andi -- ak-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org -- Speaking for myself only