Messages in this thread | | | From | "Manfred Spraul" <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.12pre3 | Date | Sat, 14 Aug 1999 11:45:31 +0200 |
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From: David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com:
> > Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:18:17 +0200 > > From: Manfred Spraul <manfreds@colorfullife.com> > > > > This means that interruptible_sleep_on() could be called while we own > > the global cli lock. I think this could deadlock. > > > >check the scheduler, it drops the global IRQ lock
I overlooked that, but OTHO I don't think that a new driver should use this "feature".
-- Manfred
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