Re: [PATCH -tip] sched/swait: Annotate swait's special use

From: Luis R. Rodriguez
Date: Fri Oct 20 2017 - 16:25:31 EST

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On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 10:13:46AM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> We currently welcome using swait over wait whenever possible because
> it is a slimmer data structure. However, Linus has made it very clear
> that he does not want this used, unless under very specific rt scenarios
> (such as current users).
>
> Update the comments before kernel hipsters start thinking swait is the
> cool thing to do.
>
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx>

Thanks, I was busy.

Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>

Luis

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