Re: [PATCH 0/7] rwsem: Implement down_read_killable()

From	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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Subject	Re: [PATCH 0/7] rwsem: Implement down_read_killable()
Date	2017-06-20 10:40 +0200
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David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> wrote:

> I would have expected to see down_read_killable() actually used somewhere 
> after its implementation as part of this patchset.

There are some places we should be using down_{read|write}_interruptible(), if
it existed, dressed as inode_lock{,_shared}_interruptible().

David

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Re: [PATCH 0/7] rwsem: Implement down_read_killable() David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> - 2017-06-19 22:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/7] rwsem: Implement down_read_killable() David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-06-20 10:40 +0200

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