linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:35:30 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>, mfuzzey@...keon.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] swait: add the missing killable swaits

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 03:05:26PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2017, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 03:20:15PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > Do you really still want to add these, now that we know we shouldn't be
> > using swait in "real" code? :)
> 
> And who defined that it should not be used in real code?

Linus did, in a different firmware thread.  You have to _really_ know
what you are doing to use this interface, and the firmware interface
shouldn't be using it.  So adding new apis just for firmware does not
seem like a wise decision at this point in time.

thanks,

greg k-h