Re: [PATCH] change current_is_single_threaded() to use for_each_thread()

From	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] change current_is_single_threaded() to use for_each_thread()
Date	2015-10-07 16:00 +0200
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Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:

> To clarify, we had some "real" bugs fixed by s/while_each_thread/
> for_each_thread/, but only because while_each_thread() was used wrongly.
> for_each_thread() is more safe, it only needs the stable task_struct.

Fair enough.

David
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Re: [PATCH] change current_is_single_threaded() to use for_each_thread() David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2015-10-07 11:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] change current_is_single_threaded() to use  for_each_thread() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-10-07 14:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] change current_is_single_threaded() to use for_each_thread() David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2015-10-07 16:00 +0200

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