linux-kernel - Merge of the enhanced reimplemention of the kfifo API

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Date:	Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:46:58 +0100
From:	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Amerigo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Roger Quadros <quadros.roger@...il.com>,
	"Ira W. Snyder" <iws@...o.caltech.edu>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Shargorodsky Atal <ext-atal.shargorodsky@...ia.com>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Merge of the enhanced reimplemention of the kfifo API

Hi,

-rc6 is out and i ask for merging the new macro based kfifo
reimplementation into linux-next and/or 2.6.34. I got a lot of positive
feedback but currently no ACK.

The reimplementation is 100% compatible to the previous one but more
flexibel and highly optimized. The code is tested and works fine.

I am sorry about the size of the patch, but there is no way to split it
down into separate patches because it is a complete different approach
and a full replacement of the kfifo.c and kfifo.h files. 

You can access the latest posting at
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/75443/

If i get an okay, i will fix the current users of the kfifo from using
byte stream fifo to the desired data type. Maybe with the help of
Greg ;-)

I hate to write code for the trash bin, so please give it a try.

Greetings,
Stefani

BTW: Zack Brown wrote a positive statement in the German Linux magazine.

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