Re: [PATCH] synclink_gt add gpio feature

[Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>]

On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 16:13 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> It should be possible to communicate between waker and waiter via
> __wait_queue.private and __wait_queue.func.  Make ->private point at some
> on-stack thing, let the waker read and write that.
> 
> That'd involve some rather low-level poking at waitqueues, but I don't
> expect those facilities are going away.

__wait_queue.private already holds a
pointer to the task structure of the waiting process

I might be able to implement what I need in a way
that more closely resembles how wait_on_bit extends
the standard wait queue. But the result is the same:
a new wrapper (new structure containing wait_queue_t
and access/init functions) built on top of the
existing wait queue.

I'll revisit this tomorrow to make sure I'm
thinking about this correctly.

--
Paul



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