Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:49:50 -0800 (PST) | From | Junfeng Yang <> | Subject | Re: [CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c |
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The > > block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with > > either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. ) > > lock_kernel() isnt a spinlock as such.
Thanks a lot. We just figured out that it is ok to block within lock_kernel() unlock_kernel() scope. That will help us to eliminate some false positives.
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