linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] wireless: Use complete() instead complete

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Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:23:46 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Daniel Wagner <wagi@...om.org>
Cc:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@...-carit.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] wireless: Use complete() instead complete_all()

>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Wagner <wagi@...om.org> writes:

Daniel> Using complete_all() is not wrong per se but it suggest that
Daniel> there might be more than one waiter. For -rt I am reviewing all
Daniel> complete_all() users and would like to leave only the real ones
Daniel> in the tree. The main problem for -rt about complete_all() is
Daniel> that it can be uses inside IRQ context and that can lead to
Daniel> unbounded amount work inside the interrupt handler. That is a no
Daniel> no for -rt.

Daniel> The patches grouped per subsystem and in small batches to allow
Daniel> reviewing.

Applied to 4.9/scsi-queue.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering