linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] kvm,mips: Fix potential swait

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Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:22:37 -0700
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, npiggin@...il.com,
        paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] kvm,mips: Fix potential swait_active() races

On Wed, 13 Sep 2017, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>has_sleeper*s*.  Can fix when committing.

So for regular waitqueues we have it singular, which is why I kept
that name -- albeit sleepers() being better suited, yes. I don't think
we want to rename it unless we rename all wq_has_sleeper() callers as
well.

Thanks,
Davidlohr