linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/5] random: Blocking API for accessing nonblocking

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Message-ID: <20150519075155.GA29242@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Tue, 19 May 2015 15:51:55 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, pebolle@...cali.nl,
	andreas.steffen@...ongswan.org, sandyinchina@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/5] random: Blocking API for accessing
 nonblocking_pool

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 09:35:15AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> 
> Thank you for the hints. I will follow your guidance.
> 
> Just for my edification: why is this (rather complex sounding) approach 
> preferred over a simple cancel API? Other async APIs (e.g. the AIO syscalls 
> with io_cancel) have such cancel operations.
> 
> Such cancel function would be as simple as:

You're right.  The cancel function is indeed simpler.  I can
certainly live with that.

Thanks,
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