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Kumar Gala wrote:
> I wouldn't call it spin_event_timeout as its a bit too generic of a name 
> for something that is arch specific.

The concept is not arch-specific -- ideally, other architectures could 
add their own implementations (or it could be made 
non-architecture-specific in the future).

-Scott