Re: [PATCH v2] completion: Document that reinit_completion() must be called after complete_all()

Linus Torvalds
2017-08-16T17:18:29Z

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 10:12 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> The function complete_all() modifies the completion "done" variable to
> UINT_MAX, and no other caller (wait_for_completion(), etc) will modify
> it back to zero. That means that any call to complete_all() must have a
> reinit_completion() before that completion can be used again.
>
> Document this fact by the complete_all() function.
>
> Also document that completion_done() will always return true if
> complete_all() is called.

Ack. Do I take it directly or is it indended for some other tree?

Linus