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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:22:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Ralph Campbell <ralphc@nikto.sfbay.sun.com>
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Subject: Re: wait_queue_t is fundamentally broken; need pthread_cond_t
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Ralph Campbell wrote:
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> [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