Re: [PATCH 5/5] acpi: semaphore removal

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On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 06:34:08PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 07:59:43AM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
> > The semaphore usage in ACPI is more like completions. The ASL
> > functions getting implemented here are signals which follow a
> > "wait for", signaled, or reset format.
> > 
> > This implements the ACPI signaling methods with the Linux
> > completion API, instead of using semaphores.
> > 
> > completion_done() taken from Dave Chinner.
> 
> completion_done is an abomination.  Stop this.

Say what?

You've had several opportunities to comment on that *you suggested*
[1]. You did not respond to any of them when it was being discussed
6 weeks ago  and subsequent resends [2] and now you're saying what
you suggested is an abortion?

What's the problem? The implementation, the interface, or
something else?

[1] http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2008-06/msg00380.html

[2] http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2008-06/msg00382.html
    http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2008-06/msg00400.html
    http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2008-07/msg00173.html

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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