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    SubjectRe: [PATCHSET 2.6.22-rc4] sysfs: fix race conditions
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    Tejun Heo wrote:

    > This patchset contains three minimal backports of fixes in -mm. With
    > all patches in the patchset and sysfs-races.patch applied, kernel
    > survived ~20 hours of stress test without any problem.
    >

    Seriously, do you think adding a few sleeps fixes anything? It just
    makes it harder to happen, and even harder to debug, so this is no good.
    Race condition are fixed by proper locking, ordering and so on.

    (No offence, this has to be the patch of the week. :) )
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