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

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On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 04:31:08PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > The thing is simply a collection of small hacks and should NOT be used
> > in general.
> > 
> > I never want to see a driver use that code, for example. It was
> > designed for RCU and RT, and it should damn well be limited to that.
> 
> Maybe put #ifndef MODULE around the entire include file then?
> And definitely remove this line:
> 
> * One would recommend using this wait queue where possible.

I'll respin and port away from swait, and add the #ifndef MODULE and special
note on swait.h.

  Luis



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