Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753411AbXEYWxq (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 18:53:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751448AbXEYWxj (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 18:53:39 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:38137 "EHLO gate.crashing.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751375AbXEYWxj (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2007 18:53:39 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch 5/7] ps3: Disk Storage Driver From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Arnd Bergmann , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <20070525083607.784351000@sonycom.com> <20070525083632.575306000@sonycom.com> <200705251826.25572.arnd@arndb.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 08:53:08 +1000 Message-Id: <1180133588.19517.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 565 Lines: 18 On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 21:40 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > I used a kthread because the request function of a block device driver > must be > non-blocking, and ps3stor_read_write_sectors() calls > wait_for_completion(). Which as I said before looks terribly sad... Why the heck would it have to do that ? Ben. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/