Re: [PATCH] Introduce down_try() so we can move away fromdown_trylock()

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sun, 3 Aug 2008, Rusty Russell wrote:
> 
> I love your suggestion tho.  Oh wait, you didn't make one...

Ok, Rusty, I'm not bothering with this thread any more.

I gave a suggestion.

You didn't like it. Go away.

> And so my patch series replaces all 21 of them.  It's a trivial replace, 
> unlike sem -> mutex.

Your series doesn't "replace" anything.

It renames things with no good reason. The end result is _worse_. I told 
you why. You don't like it.

> > Guys, some quality control and critical thinking, please.
> 
> Good idea.  If we'd done that we wouldn't have the down_trylock() brain 
> damage.

You don't see the difference between "new crap" and "legacy crap that 
people have historical reasons for and that people have learnt to live 
with"?

Anyway, I NAK'ed your patches. Deal with it.

		Linus
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