From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Markus Armbruster Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] fbdev: Make deferred I/O work as advertized Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:45:43 +0100 Message-ID: <871w6z6ajs.fsf@pike.pond.sub.org> References: <87tzjx6vj3.fsf@pike.pond.sub.org> <87k5kt6vd3.fsf@pike.pond.sub.org> <45a44e480802260611l5a8d0bc9k9cc967bc73b88fac@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JU148-0002dN-3M for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:45:56 -0800 Received: from oxygen.pond.sub.org ([88.198.11.5]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1JU144-0004Qx-LR for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:45:56 -0800 Received: from pike.pond.sub.org (dslb-084-056-249-059.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.56.249.59]) by oxygen.pond.sub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D9F411EF10 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:45:44 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <45a44e480802260611l5a8d0bc9k9cc967bc73b88fac@mail.gmail.com> (Jaya Kumar's message of "Tue\, 26 Feb 2008 09\:11\:45 -0500") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Jaya Kumar Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.osdl.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, adaplas@pol.net, akpm@linux-foundation.org "Jaya Kumar" writes: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> >> Subject: [PATCH 1/1 2.6.24] fbdev: defio and Metronomefb >> From: Jaya Kumar >> Date: 2008-02-18 13:41:26 > > Hi Markus, > > Andrew pointed out that there may be race conditions associated with > this patch. [ http://marc.info/?l=linux-fbdev-devel&m=120376473020396&w=2 > ] So I would not encourage anyone to merge it. I'll try to figure > things out this weekend. > > Thanks, > jaya Thanks for the timely info. I'm not in an undue hurry to get this merged. As long as we're moving forward, I'm happy. What about pushing the fb_defio fixes independently of any new fb_defio users? If fb_defio was worth merging into Linus's tree, it should be worth fixing there, whether new users are in shape already or not. If we must have a new user, well, I could easily whip up something like FB_VIRTUAL on top of fb_defio. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/