netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] atm: nicstar: remove interruptible_sleep_on

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Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:23:08 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	arnd@...db.de
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] atm: nicstar: remove interruptible_sleep_on_timeout

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:51:54 +0100

> We are trying to finally kill off interruptible_sleep_on_timeout.
> the two uses in the nicstar driver can be trivially replaced
> with wait_event_interruptible_lock_irq_timeout, which prevents the
> wake-up race and is able to check the buffer state with scq->lock
> held.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Acked-by: Chas Williams <chas@....nrl.navy.mil>

Applied, thanks.
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