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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Cc: dwmw2@infradead.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dedekind1@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UBI: Replace yield() with cond_resched()
Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 10:31:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1336465907.16236.14.camel@twins> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1336465602-12627-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at>

On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 10:26 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> The comment above yield()'s definition says:
>  * If you want to use yield() to wait for something, use wait_event().
>  * If you want to use yield() to be 'nice' for others, use cond_resched().
>  * If you still want to use yield(), do not!

Oh wow, someone actually reads comments, sweet!!

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-08  8:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-08  8:26 [PATCH] UBI: Replace yield() with cond_resched() Richard Weinberger
2012-05-08  8:31 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2012-05-08  9:02 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-05-08 10:59   ` Richard Weinberger
2012-05-08 13:23     ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-05-08 13:22       ` Peter Zijlstra

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