linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Replace completions with semaphores

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Message-Id: <1208003081.7427.7.camel@twins>
Date:	Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:24:41 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace completions with semaphores

On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 15:00 -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> So does it make sense to retain the completion as a primitive
> in Linux? 

My take on it is the opposite: kill off semaphores and leave the
completions around.

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