Re: [PATCH RFC 11/18] staging: vchiq_arm: use completions instead of semaphores

2018-10-28 Thread Stefan Wahren
> Nicolas Saenz Julienne hat am 26. Oktober 2018 um > 15:48 geschrieben: > > > It is preferred in the kernel to avoid using semaphores to wait for > events, as they are optimised for the opposite situation; where the > common case is that they are available and may block only occasionally. >

Re: [PATCH RFC 11/18] staging: vchiq_arm: use completions instead of semaphores

2018-10-28 Thread Stefan Wahren
> Nicolas Saenz Julienne hat am 26. Oktober 2018 um > 15:48 geschrieben: > > > It is preferred in the kernel to avoid using semaphores to wait for > events, as they are optimised for the opposite situation; where the > common case is that they are available and may block only occasionally. >

[PATCH RFC 11/18] staging: vchiq_arm: use completions instead of semaphores

2018-10-26 Thread Nicolas Saenz Julienne
It is preferred in the kernel to avoid using semaphores to wait for events, as they are optimised for the opposite situation; where the common case is that they are available and may block only occasionally. FYI see this thread: https://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/11/323. Also completions are

[PATCH RFC 11/18] staging: vchiq_arm: use completions instead of semaphores

2018-10-26 Thread Nicolas Saenz Julienne
It is preferred in the kernel to avoid using semaphores to wait for events, as they are optimised for the opposite situation; where the common case is that they are available and may block only occasionally. FYI see this thread: https://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/11/323. Also completions are