Re: [PATCH] export wake_up_process on 2.2.17

From: Michael Rothwell (rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2000 - 11:09:48 EST


Ingo Molnar wrote:
> we should unexport it. Wakeups should be done via waitqueues

Do those work on 2.2? I disagree about unexporting it.

> only the 'in-kernel' kernel threads like bdflush
> (which never exit) should use it.

Exactly the use we're putting it to.

We do not have any rmmod crash problems with it. We
are doing our own locking to prevent that.

-M
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