Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:40:14 +0200 (CEST) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: Race in 2.6.0-test2 timer code |
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> [...] I'd feel much safer with the whole timer API being smp safe w/o > requiring driver developers to add complicated external brainer locking. > This will provide a much more friendly abstraction.
i agree with the goal, but your patch does not achieve this. Your patch does not make double-add_timer() safe for example. As far as i can see your 2.6 patch only introduces additional overhead.
Ingo
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