linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 68/86] treewide: mm: remove cond

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Date:   Wed, 8 Nov 2023 09:50:24 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 68/86] treewide: mm: remove cond_resched()

On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 12:58:49 +0000
Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:

> > Good point. We actually do have exactly that: cond_resched_lock(). (And
> > similar RW lock variants.)  
> 
> That's a shame; I was going to suggest calling it spin_cycle() ...

  Then wash.. rinse.. repeat!

-- Steve