From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Ralph Campbell <ralphc@nikto.sfbay.sun.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: wait_queue_t is fundamentally broken; need pthread_cond_t
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:22:45 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0402271521370.1078@ppc970.osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200402272309.i1RN98bk002304@nikto.sfbay.sun.com>
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Ralph Campbell wrote:
>
> [1.] One line summary of the problem:
> wait_queue_t is fundamentally broken; need pthread_cond_t
One-line summary response:
use "wait_event()".
And no, we sure as hell don't need those stupid pthread condition
variables. Just use wait-queues properly instead.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-27 23:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-27 23:09 Ralph Campbell
2004-02-27 23:22 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2004-02-28 7:54 ` Peter Osterlund
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