linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] infiniband: Remove semaphores

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Message-ID: <216461f1-3070-c93a-a560-7560a727cb8d@sandisk.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Oct 2016 09:57:34 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...disk.com>
To:     Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
        Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>
CC:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] infiniband: Remove semaphores

On 10/17/2016 09:30 AM, Binoy Jayan wrote:
> These are a set of patches which removes semaphores from infiniband.
> These are part of a bigger effort to eliminate all semaphores from the
> linux kernel.

Hello Binoy,

Why do you think it would be a good idea to eliminate all semaphores 
from the Linux kernel? I don't know anyone who doesn't consider 
semaphores a useful abstraction.

Thanks,

Bart.