linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] task_work_add (was: task_work

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFyDy6VHtZ=SmXfn-AHT0QU8LV69U5NECGLA9pXg4Q=aZw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:32:51 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...hat.com>,
	Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
	David Smith <dsmith@...hat.com>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Larry Woodman <lwoodman@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] task_work_add (was: task_work_queue)

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Changes based on review from Andrew:
>
>        - s/task_work_queue/task_work_add/
>
>        - don't create a secret dependency upon task_work.h
>          including sched.h in tracehook.h and keys/internal.h
>
>        - add more includes into task_work.[ch] to not rely
>          on "sched.h includes everything"

I thought based on Andrew's comments that you were going to remove the
extra code to do FIFO for no obvious reason. Apparently nothing
actually wanted/needed it, so why do it?

                  Linus
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