linux-kernel - Re: poll: allow f_op->poll to sleep, take #3

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0811232101330.29950@alien.or.mcafeemobile.com>
Date:	Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:05:33 -0800 (PST)
From:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	hch@...radead.org, rminnich@...dia.gov, ericvh@...il.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: poll: allow f_op->poll to sleep, take #3

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008, Davide Libenzi wrote:

> I was noticing that wake ups on the poll queues do not use sync=1, AFAICS.
> So using wake_up_state() and ignoring 'sync' should be fine. And 'key' is 
> already ignored by default by default_wake_function().

*cough*  wrong *cough* :) Pipes & more.


- Davide


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