Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751848AbZL1O4W (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:56:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751686AbZL1O4V (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:56:21 -0500 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:56956 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750913AbZL1O4U (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:56:20 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:56:19 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Stefani Seibold Cc: Andi Kleen , Roland Dreier , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [0/6] kfifo fixes/improvements Message-ID: <20091228145619.GC4994@basil.fritz.box> References: <200912271003.631128760@firstfloor.org> <1261949800.25298.18.camel@wall-e> <20091228014141.GE2399@basil.fritz.box> <1261983994.31031.18.camel@wall-e> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1261983994.31031.18.camel@wall-e> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 643 Lines: 19 > > I guess the reimplementation came too late (happens sometimes) > > And I agree that making kfifos record oriented makes sense. > > What does it mean? To late for 2.6.33 or to late to replace it for ever? For 2.6.33 it's too late. Perhaps 2.6.34. For 2.6.33 we just have to fix what's in. That is why I think my patches are needed. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- 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/