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

[Rusty Russell]

On Monday 04 August 2008 03:35:41 Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Aug 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Anyway, I NAK'ed your patches. Deal with it.
>
> Btw, "dealing with it" can just be "don't bother".

Yes, let's not make a mountain out of a molehill.

Someone sent me a patch documenting the illogic of down_trylock().  I decided 
to try to fix it rather than just bitch and moan.

Kernel coding involves occasionally getting fed a Linus-special shit sandwich 
rant.  I've long given up expecting a polite "No; please just replace them 
all with mutexes" one-liner.  I might have actually been shocked into doing 
it.

Consider the patches forgotten,
Rusty.
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