On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:48:06 -0500 Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortma...@windriver.com> 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_*(). 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. -- Steve > > Is that what we want to do here? > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
