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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] infiniband: Remove semaphores
To: Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@linaro.org>,
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On 10/17/2016 09:30 AM, Binoy Jayan wrote:
> These are a set of patches which removes semaphores from infiniband.
> These are part of a bigger effort to eliminate all semaphores from the
> linux kernel.

Hello Binoy,

Why do you think it would be a good idea to eliminate all semaphores 
from the Linux kernel? I don't know anyone who doesn't consider 
semaphores a useful abstraction.

Thanks,

Bart.