Subject: Re: [PATCH] [0/6] kfifo fixes/improvements
From: Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:49:33 +0100
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Am Montag, den 28.12.2009, 00:38 +0100 schrieb Andi Kleen:
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:36:40PM +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, den 27.12.2009, 22:03 +0100 schrieb Andi Kleen:
> > > While porting some of my code to kfifo I found some issues, which
> > > are addressed in the following patch series.
> > > 
> > > Some of the problems were serious, particularly the non atomic kfifo_in()
> > > problem. That's probably 2.6.33 material at least. 
> > > 
> > 
> > I am not happy to see you to take over my project. Especial as most of
> 
> I'm just trying to use kfifos and ran into lots of issues that
> I fixed. Especially the non atomic kfifo_in problem seemed pretty fatal
> BTW.
> 
> > your fixes are part of my new macro based implementation. Have a look at
> > http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/69093/
> 
> Even if that was merged the older interfaces still need to be fixed.
> 
> Or are you saying the new interface would completely replace kfifos?
> 

Yes, the new macro based kfifos does completely replace the current
kfifos. It would be great if you can review the code. There is all in.

Stefani


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