linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH-v2 1/3] percpu_ida: Make percpu_ida_alloc + callers accept task state bitmask

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Message-ID: <20140123191229.GW11314@laptop.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:12:29 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
Cc:	kmo@...erainc.com, target-devel <target-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH-v2 1/3] percpu_ida: Make percpu_ida_alloc + callers
 accept task state bitmask

On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 10:40:04AM -0800, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-01-22 at 11:53 -0800, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> > Hi Peter,
> > 
> > Does this satisfy your questions..?
> > 
> > Do you have any more concerns about TASK_RUNNING + prepare_to_wait()
> > usage in percpu_ida_alloc() that need to be addressed before I can drop
> > this series into target-pending/for-next to address the original bug..?
> > 
> 
> Given the silence, 

You mean the silence in which I send a 4+ emails earlier today?

> I'll assume your OK with the initial TASK_RUNNING +
> prepare_to_wait() bit, right..?

No, I would prefer not to do that. While it does work its awkward at
best.
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