Re: [PATCH] Introduce down_nowait()

Daniel Walker
2008-05-21T17:05:30Z

On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 17:56 +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:

> Subject: [PATCH] Introduce down_try()
>
> I planned on removing the much-disliked down_trylock() (with its
> backwards return codes) in 2.6.27, but it's creating something of a
> logjam with other patches in -mm and linux-next.
>
> Andrew suggested introducing "down_try" as a wrapper now, to make
> the transition easier.

I must be missing something critical, but what's the logjam this is
causing?

Daniel