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From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: david@redhat.com, patches@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pmladek@suse.com,
	petr.pavlu@suse.com, prarit@redhat.com,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
	rafael@kernel.org, christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu,
	tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, song@kernel.org,
	rppt@kernel.org, dave@stgolabs.net, vbabka@suse.cz,
	mhocko@suse.com, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com,
	colin.i.king@gmail.com, jim.cromie@gmail.com,
	catalin.marinas@arm.com, jbaron@akamai.com,
	rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Change DEFINE_SEMAPHORE() to take a number argument
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 21:05:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZDYt+PwRjr+BzeBz@bombadil.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZDB+zn3X4sac9DFU@casper.infradead.org>

On Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 09:36:30PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> Or this:
> 
> /*
>  * Unlike mutexes, binary semaphores do not have an owner, so up() can
>  * be called in a different thread from the one which called down().
>  * It is also safe to call down_trylock() and up() from interrupt
>  * context.
>  */

I went with that. Thanks for helping me paint this shed!

  Luis


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-04-12  4:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-05 20:35 [PATCH v2 0/2] kmod: simplify with a semaphore Luis Chamberlain
2023-04-05 20:35 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] Change DEFINE_SEMAPHORE() to take a number argument Luis Chamberlain
2023-04-07 16:38   ` Davidlohr Bueso
2023-04-07 20:36   ` Matthew Wilcox
2023-04-07 20:52     ` Linus Torvalds
2023-04-12  4:05     ` Luis Chamberlain [this message]
2023-04-08  8:22   ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2023-04-05 20:35 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] modules/kmod: replace implementation with a sempahore Luis Chamberlain
2023-04-07 17:19   ` Davidlohr Bueso
2023-04-11  8:42   ` David Hildenbrand
2023-04-13  9:44   ` Miroslav Benes
2023-04-13 16:38     ` Luis Chamberlain

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