Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Aug 2000 06:06:53 -0700 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] lock troubles in pre6-2 |
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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@linuxcare.com.au> Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 22:42:37 +1000
The mm and pcmcia ones look particularly interesting.
For the mm/vmscan.c one, the "fix" is wrong. If "result" is ever non-zero, the functions called have dropped the lock already. See "try_to_swap_out" which is the only place from non-zero return values can originate in these paths.
Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com
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