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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:49:33 +0100 From: Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net> To: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [0/6] kfifo fixes/improvements Am Montag, den 28.12.2009, 00:38 +0100 schrieb Andi Kleen: > On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:36:40PM +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > Am Sonntag, den 27.12.2009, 22:03 +0100 schrieb Andi Kleen: > > > While porting some of my code to kfifo I found some issues, which > > > are addressed in the following patch series. > > > > > > Some of the problems were serious, particularly the non atomic kfifo_in() > > > problem. That's probably 2.6.33 material at least. > > > > > > > I am not happy to see you to take over my project. Especial as most of > > I'm just trying to use kfifos and ran into lots of issues that > I fixed. Especially the non atomic kfifo_in problem seemed pretty fatal > BTW. > > > your fixes are part of my new macro based implementation. Have a look at > > http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/69093/ > > Even if that was merged the older interfaces still need to be fixed. > > Or are you saying the new interface would completely replace kfifos? > Yes, the new macro based kfifos does completely replace the current kfifos. It would be great if you can review the code. There is all in. Stefani -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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