Re: [PATCH] Replace completions with semaphores

[Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 07:05:56PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> i very much agree with the "get rid of semaphores" argument - the reason 
> why i initially supported the "move to generic semaphores" step was 
> because i saw it basically as the precursor to full removal: it is the 
> removal of semaphores from all architectures - with a small generic 
> compatibility wrapper to handle the remaining few uses of semaphores.

Hm.  I thought you initially supported it because it deleted so much
code.  I don't want to go and add down_killable() to each architecture
again, and you were pretty enthusiastic about adding down_killable().

> i got thoroughly surprised by the "increase the scope of semaphores" 
> angle to the patchset though, and in hindsight i'd rather see neither of 
> those generalizations and see semaphores die a slow but sure natural 
> death than to see their prolongation :-/

I'm fully in favour of reducing the number of semaphore users, and
eventually eliminating them.  Arjan and I discussed a way to do that
just now ... I'll write some code, see how it looks.

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