Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Dec 1999 11:20:08 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: deadlock avoidance? |
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Hi!
> This is unfortunately too complicated. There's an API which other kernel > modules use which would need to be updated as well and passing that > information to the completion routine as well.
> It would needlessly clutter the API.
If you call it not int need_lock but int flags, it may not be that bad... Then you just test for F_ALREADYLOCKED... -- The best software in life is free (not shareware)! Pavel GCM d? s-: !g p?:+ au- a--@ w+ v- C++@ UL+++ L++ N++ E++ W--- M- Y- R+
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