linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] closures: move to lib/

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Message-ID: <20131219120516.GA26089@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 19 Dec 2013 04:05:16 -0800
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] closures: move to lib/

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 05:29:54PM -0800, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> the closure code was never intended to be bcache specific - hopefully it can be
> useful elsewhere in the kernel.

They are not.  They aren't closures in the CS sense, and they are an
ugly mess.  Please work on removing them instead.
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