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Message-ID: <46F9B90D.2010709@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:42:37 +0900
From: Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
CC: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
cornelia.huck@...ibm.com, greg@...ah.com, kay.sievers@...y.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] module: implement module_inhibit_unload()
Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 08:15 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> I have no problem with changing the condition check to loop but it would
>> be great if someone can point me to a code where this unexpected wake up
>> is used.
>
> This is one of those areas where we're conservative. Historically there
> have been random wakes, and noone is quite sure that signal code or the
> freezer or whatever won't do it under some circumstances.
>
> Thus it's always seen as better to wait on a specific condition.
I see. I'll update the code then. Thanks.
--
tejun
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