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Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits

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On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 03:05:26PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2017, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 03:20:15PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > Do you really still want to add these, now that we know we shouldn't be
> > using swait in "real" code? :)
> 
> And who defined that it should not be used in real code?

Linus did, in a different firmware thread.  You have to _really_ know
what you are doing to use this interface, and the firmware interface
shouldn't be using it.  So adding new apis just for firmware does not
seem like a wise decision at this point in time.

thanks,

greg k-h

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Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-06-29 15:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-06-29 15:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-06-29 15:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-06-29 15:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-06-29 18:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2017-06-29 19:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> - 2017-06-29 19:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-06-29 20:00 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> - 2017-06-29 20:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-06-29 21:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2017-06-29 21:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2017-06-29 21:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> - 2017-06-29 23:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> - 2017-06-30 01:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> - 2017-06-30 01:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2017-06-30 01:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2017-06-30 01:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-06-29 23:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> - 2017-06-30 04:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-06-30 06:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> - 2017-06-30 14:00 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> - 2017-06-30 14:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits Krister Johansen <kjlx@templeofstupid.com> - 2017-06-30 19:40 +0200

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