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Message-ID: <1261982973.31031.1.camel@wall-e>
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
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