Re: [RFC UPDATE PATCH] add wait_event_*_lock() functions and comments

[Nish Aravamudan <nish.aravamudan@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:50:45 +0100, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Dinsdag 15 Februar 2005 02:04, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
> > Here's at least one example:
> >
> > drivers/ieee1394/video1394.c:__video1394_ioctl()
> >
> AFAICS, that one should work just fine using after converting

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> The trick here is that it is known in advance that the state does not actually
> have to be protected by the lock after reading it, because the state can not
> change from READY to FREE in any other place in the code.
> One exception might be two processes calling the ioctl at the same time, but
> I think that is racy will any of these variations.

Hmm, I think you might be right, actually. So, for now, I guess it is
ok to not have these macros globally available (I may end up changing
my mind as I go through trying to replace other
interruptible_sleep_on() callers, but I'll cross that bridge when I
get to it :)

Thanks,
Nish