Messages in this thread | | | From | "Manfred Spraul" <> | Date | Sun, 18 Mar 2001 10:35:00 +0100 |
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>> enclosed are 163 potential bugs in 2.4.1 where blocking functions are > > called with either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. The > > checker works by: > > Here's the file manifest. Apologies. > > drivers/atm/idt77105.c > [...] > drivers/char/cyclades.c
Unortunately schedule() with disabled interrupts is a feature, it's needed for the old (deprecated and waiting for termination in 2.5) sleep_on() functions.
Is it difficult to split it into "interrupts disabled" and "spin lock held"?
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Manfred
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