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Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 06:31:42 +0200 From: Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> CC: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make prepare_namespace() wait for devices Andrew Morton wrote: > Whatever. I think you can work it out ;) > > Bare with me, I just woke up ;) > while (driver_probe_done() || (ROOT_DEV = name_to_dev_t(...)) == 0) > > perhaps? > > The loop-which-sleeps within a loop-which-sleeps seems poorly thought out? > I'd say a matter of taste. I'm not a big fan och cramming things into the while() clause. The idea with the double loops was to keep this thread asleep when we could detect meaningful work elsewhere in the kernel. You could just remove the inner-most loop if it offends you. :) Rgds -- -- Pierre Ossman Linux kernel, MMC maintainer http://www.kernel.org PulseAudio, core developer http://pulseaudio.org rdesktop, core developer http://www.rdesktop.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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