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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] sched/wait_bit: Introduce wait_var_event()/wake_up_var()
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Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> > > Argh, no no no.. That whole wait_for_atomic_t thing is a giant
> > > trainwreck already and now you're making it worse still.

Your patch description needs to say why this isn't a trainwreck when you
consider wait_for_atomic_t() to be one since it does things in a very similar
way.

David