linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/mmc/mmc.c: Replacing yield() with a better alternative

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Message-ID: <453BD35F.1030902@drzeus.cx>
Date:	Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:23:59 +0200
From:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx>
To:	Amol Lad <amol@...ismonetworks.com>
CC:	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel Janitors <kernel-janitors@...ts.osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/mmc/mmc.c: Replacing yield() with a better	alternative

Amol Lad wrote:
> In 2.6, the semantics of calling yield() changed from "sleep for a
> bit" to "I really don't want to run for a while".  This matches POSIX
> better, but there's a lot of drivers still using yield() when they mean
> cond_resched(), schedule() or even schedule_timeout().
> 
> For this driver cond_resched() seems to be a better
> alternative
> 

A version of this patch has been pushed towards Andrew. Thanks for
pointing it out.

Rgds
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