Re: [PATCH 1/3] wait-simple: Introduce the simple waitqueue implementation

[Paul Gortmaker]

On 13-12-12 09:55 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:48:06 -0500
> Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>> 1) git mv wait.[ch] --- > cwait.[ch]
>>    make an empty wait.h include cwait.h temporarily
>>
>> 2) rename all existing functions in cwait.[ch] to have an added
>>   "c" prefix (or similar)
>>    
>>    in wait.h, temporarily add a bunch of things like
>>           #define wait_xyz  cwait_xyz
>>    so that things still compile and link.
> 
> What about instead change all users of wait_*() to cwait_*().

This might turn out to be a big patch, but it is largely
just a mechanical sed, so I guess that is OK.

> 
> Then the next steps would be to skip 3 and jump right to 4)
> 
>>
>> 3) track down the users who really need the extra complexity
>>    and have them use cwait calls and include cwait.h
>>
>> 4) bring in the simple wait queue support as wait.c and wait.h
>>    and delete the defines added in step two.  This will be the
>>    flag day commit.
> 
> Not a flag day commit, as no one is using it. Then start converting all
> users back to the wait_*() functions one at a time. If something
> breaks, we know which one it was.

Yep, I think that would work and would avoid the flag day problem
that I was dreading.

Paul.
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> 
> -- Steve
> 
>>
>> Is that what we want to do here?
>>
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