Subject: Re: [PATCH] [4/6] kfifo: add kfifo_out_peek
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 08:09:26 +0100
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Am Montag, den 28.12.2009, 00:41 +0100 schrieb Andi Kleen:
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:49:49PM +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, den 27.12.2009, 22:03 +0100 schrieb Andi Kleen:
> > > In some upcoming code it's useful to peek into a FIFO without
> > > permanentely removing data. This patch implements a new 
> > > kfifo_out_peek() to do this. 
> > > 
> > 
> > Yes this function can be useful. I will implement it in the macro
> > version of the kfifo.
> 
> Well that doesn't help me -- I need a working kfifo on a 2.6.33
> base. Or do you want to abandon the old interface?
> 
> I must say I'm a little surprised by the general tone of  
> your comments -- first you submit these patches all the time and when they 
> finally get reviewed and merged and people start to use them and make them 
> production ready you state it's all abandoned.
> 
> I hope it's not all abandonware.
> 

As i wrote: Yes and No. I would like to sedd the merged kfifo interface
which the new macro based. The API is still compatible but the code is
completely changed.

Stefani


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