> > i've attached a draft 'waiting for events' framework, and i've converted
> > printk.c to the 'new' usage. This now is both raceless and doesnt lock up
> > on SMP. The user-visible interface is:
> >
> > wait_event(wq, condition);
> No, you can't do it this way.
>
> "condition" has to be _recalculated_ at each point - there's no point
> sending in a stale condition to the routine, as it has to be
> recalculated after yoiu've added yourself to the wait-queues.
They're not routines or inlines, but #defines.
Of course, that could make for some potentially
ugly code expansions...
Matthew.
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