From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
To: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: mingo@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org, mcgrof@kernel.org, wagi@monom.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] sched/swait: Annotate swait's special use
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 22:25:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171020202524.GN17331@wotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171020171346.24445-1-dave@stgolabs.net>
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 10:13:46AM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> We currently welcome using swait over wait whenever possible because
> it is a slimmer data structure. However, Linus has made it very clear
> that he does not want this used, unless under very specific rt scenarios
> (such as current users).
>
> Update the comments before kernel hipsters start thinking swait is the
> cool thing to do.
>
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Thanks, I was busy.
Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Luis
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-20 20:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-20 17:13 [PATCH -tip] sched/swait: Annotate swait's special use Davidlohr Bueso
2017-10-20 20:25 ` Luis R. Rodriguez [this message]
2017-10-23 12:45 ` [tip:sched/urgent] sched/swait: Document it clearly that the swait facilities are special and shouldn't be used tip-bot for Davidlohr Bueso
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