Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 May 2007 23:20:05 -0700 (PDT) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] timerfd/eventfd context lock doesn't protect against poll_wait |
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On Fri, 18 May 2007, Davi Arnaut wrote:
> Hi, > > poll_wait() callback may modify the waitqueue without holding the > context private lock.
Thx Davi, patch is correct. Nice catch. But at this point instead of ending up getting two locks, we may look into using Andrew suggestion of reusing the waitqueue lock. Is it universally considered a "legal" operation?
- Davide
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