Messages in this thread | | | From | manfreds@colorful ... | Subject | Re: [patch] show_buffers() resurrection | Date | Sun, 12 Sep 1999 08:03:04 -0400 (EDT) |
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davem wrote: > Andrea, this was _SPECIFICALLY_ removed because it made the buffer > cache locking more complex. You risk total and complete deadlock > unless you change all of the buffer cache spinlocks to be IRQ > spinlocks. I don't see a deadlock, I only see problems for UP kernels (spinlock and trylock both become NOP, linked lists could be corrupt)
Could you please explain the deadlock?
Thanks, Manfred
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