linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RFC 23/30] oss: msnd_pinnacle: avoid interruptible_sleep_on

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Message-ID: <s5h4n56vbkc.wl%tiwai@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:16:03 +0100
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Veliath <andrewtv@....net>,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC 23/30] oss: msnd_pinnacle: avoid interruptible_sleep_on_timeout

At Thu,  2 Jan 2014 13:07:47 +0100,
Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> We want to remove all sleep_on variants from the kernel because they are
> racy. In case of the pinnacle driver, we can replace
> interruptible_sleep_on_timeout with wait_event_interruptible_timeout
> by changing the meaning of a few flags used in the driver so they
> are cleared at wakeup time, which is a somewhat more appropriate
> way to do the same, although probably still racy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Andrew Veliath <andrewtv@....net>
> Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
> Cc: alsa-devel@...a-project.org

I applied all 5 patches (23, 25, 24, 26, and 27) for sound/oss/*,
some with trivial space fixes.  Thanks!


Takashi
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