RE: down_timeout

[Grover, Andrew]

> From: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Matthew Wilcox
> It's still not great because it doesn't preserve ordering.  
> down_timeout()
> would be a much better primitive.  We have down_interruptible() which
> could be used for this purpose.  Something like (completely 
> uncompiled):

Yeah we proposed this 2 years ago and someone (don't remember who) shot
us down.

Regards -- Andy
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