linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/12] hdaps: Correct readout and remove nonsensical attributes

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Message-ID: <20060809095635.GH3725@rhun.haifa.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 Aug 2006 12:56:35 +0300
From:	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>
To:	Shem Multinymous <multinymous@...il.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>,
	Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>,
	Robert Love <rlove@...ve.org>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hdaps-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/12] hdaps: Correct readout and remove nonsensical attributes

On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 12:02:39PM +0300, Shem Multinymous wrote:

> If we'll need to lock away ACPI (just matter of time, my guess), we'll
> stumble upon the non-interruptible down()s deep inside in the ACPI
> code. So we can't guarantee and shouldn't promise it's really
> interruptible.

Ok, I concede :-)

> It's not that strange that a function might fail even if it's named
> "do_something()", you know. It's down() that forms an exception - it's
> so simple we know it can't fail.

>From a maintainer point of view, anything that is non-idiomatic is a
pain. Since there is no idiomatic way to express what you want, you
get to choose the idiom.

Cheeers,
Muli
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