linux-kernel - Re: [patch 00/11] ANNOUNCE: "Syslets", generic asynchronous system call support

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Message-ID: <20070213221955.GG22104@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:19:55 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
Cc:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>, Alan <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@....com.au>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 00/11] ANNOUNCE: "Syslets", generic asynchronous system call support


* Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru> wrote:

> > I have not received first mail with announcement yet, so I will place 
> > my thoughts here if you do not mind.
> 
> An issue with sys_async_wait(): is is possible that events_left will 
> be setup too late so that all events are already ready and thus 
> sys_async_wait() can wait forever (or until next $sys_async_wait are 
> ready)?

yeah. I have fixed this up and have uploaded a newer queue to:

 http://redhat.com/~mingo/syslet-patches/

	Ingo
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