Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759881AbZFWOmr (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:42:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758058AbZFWOmj (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:42:39 -0400 Received: from mail-gx0-f214.google.com ([209.85.217.214]:42022 "EHLO mail-gx0-f214.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755365AbZFWOmi (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:42:38 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=GbxQcu5qn9TRtXCEAKoRcRey0Apf3oyEkEnBJ6d2OO/oI0s5XbJidhWwbYCQKNpDv8 +9oK3t3BIU+HE1nEpRAAW2yIfhBrs2UVsYWwVf6L4w0jZHLWL2Yni86D2ULiJJ84FEbD Lt9kxIss9rIBHIjAetDQQ6vH77JCbp+gZU5WY= Message-ID: <4A40E9DB.4040801@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:42:35 -0400 From: Gregory Haskins User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Macintosh/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Davide Libenzi CC: Gregory Haskins , "Michael S. Tsirkin" , kvm@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , avi@redhat.com, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, Ingo Molnar , Rusty Russell Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] eventfd: add internal reference counting to fix notifier race conditions References: <4A3D895C.7020605@novell.com> <4A3E7E63.1070407@novell.com> <4A3FABD9.7080108@novell.com> <4A3FC2B1.4050107@novell.com> <20090622184139.GG15228@redhat.com> <20090622190537.GI15228@redhat.com> <4A3FDAF1.6010700@novell.com> <4A3FE445.4090204@gmail.com> <4A4029F7.6070502@gmail.com> <4A402F55.8040501@gmail.com> <4A40E89F.3060207@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigFCB94349B635C63668A2969E" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2131 Lines: 68 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigFCB94349B635C63668A2969E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Davide Libenzi wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Gregory Haskins wrote: > > =20 >> Davide Libenzi wrote: >> =20 >>> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009, Gregory Haskins wrote: >>> >>> =20 >>> =20 >>>> To be honest, I am not sure. I would guess its not a *huge* deal, >>>> though it was obviously enough of a concern to at least discuss it. = I >>>> can definitely say that I think the other issues which are being fix= ed >>>> are substantially more important. >>>> =20 >>>> =20 >>> Ok then, will repost the revised patch later today. >>> =20 >>> =20 >> Ok sounds good. I did have a chance to take a closer look at your >> proposal for the key data, and I think it makes a lot of sense. Do yo= u >> see it as a problem if we defer adding that? Or should we try to add >> that notion now? >> =20 > > That would need to go eventually via mainline, after some discussion. B= ut=20 > yes, I believe that using the "key" as simple bitmask is a little=20 > restrictive. > =20 Ok. As long as you do not think we are somehow painting ourselves into a corner, lets just go with your original plan for the revised patch sans key changes. Thanks Davide, -Greg --------------enigFCB94349B635C63668A2969E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpA6dsACgkQP5K2CMvXmqHwtwCePQlhfSIWGd2tjRzHxhB2rarO sgsAnjcpWqLsNEaXjfwPiF+O+Hxi0vAa =clJs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigFCB94349B635C63668A2969E-- -- 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/