Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:06:44 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [patch] do proper cleanups before requesting irq |
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Hi!
> The problem is that there are comparisons of pointers to task_struct when > deciding if the task is alive. If one task dies and other one starts, it is > possible (is it?) that the task structure of the newly created task resides > at the very address where was the dead one's, so comparing pointers is not > reliable. This patch changes it to comparisons of task's pids. > Can anyone, please, atleast tell me if this patch is correct?
it might be better but it is not correct. pids are reused, too -- Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.
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