linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] UBI: Replace yield() with cond

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Message-ID: <1336465907.16236.14.camel@twins>
Date:	Tue, 08 May 2012 10:31:47 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, dedekind1@...il.com,
	dwmw2@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UBI: Replace yield() with cond_resched()

On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 10:26 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> The comment above yield()'s definition says:
>  * If you want to use yield() to wait for something, use wait_event().
>  * If you want to use yield() to be 'nice' for others, use cond_resched().
>  * If you still want to use yield(), do not!

Oh wow, someone actually reads comments, sweet!!
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