linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging: vchiq: make wait events interruptible

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Message-ID: <10eaf3ec-8932-9e48-3e24-deeb66bf13c8@i2se.com>
Date:   Fri, 5 Apr 2019 14:46:09 +0200
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@...e.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        phil@...pberrypi.org, eric@...olt.net,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging: vchiq: make wait events interruptible

Am 05.04.19 um 13:34 schrieb Nicolas Saenz Julienne:
> The killable version of wait_event() is meant to be used on situations
> where it's not meant to fail at all costs, but still have the convenience
> of being able to kill it if really necessary. For instance it's used
> while waiting on an page write on some file systems.
>
> Wait events in VCHIQ don't fit this criteria, as it's mainly used as an
> interface to V4L2 and ALSA devices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@...e.de>
Shouldn't this have a Fixes tag?