linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] Use wake_up

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Date:	Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:28:57 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Use wake_up_locked() in eventpoll

On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 08:56:23PM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Have you tested this patch with LOCKDEP enabled? eventpoll is... tricky
> in what it does with waitqueues and locks.... and some of this stuff is
> there, afaik, to deal with that. You're now changing this ... call me
> chicken :)

I haven't tested it, but it's a simple textual substitution:

#define wake_up_locked(x)               __wake_up_locked((x),
TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE | TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE)

so it should be identical in effect.

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