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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:39:20 +0000
From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>
To: bsuparna@in.ibm.com
Cc: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>, Ben LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [Kiobuf-io-devel] RFC: Kernel mechanism: Compound event wait /notify + callback chains
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In-Reply-To: <CA2569E6.002C643A.00@d73mta03.au.ibm.com>; from bsuparna@in.ibm.com on Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:28:33PM +0530
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Hi,

On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:28:33PM +0530, bsuparna@in.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> Here's a second pass attempt, based on Ben's wait queue extensions:
> Does this sound any better ?

It's a mechanism, all right, but you haven't described what problems
it is trying to solve, and where it is likely to be used, so it's hard
to judge it. :)

--Stephen
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