Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 05 Sep 2001 16:30:58 -0400 | From | Peter Rival <> | Subject | Re: io_request_lock/queue_lock patch |
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Jens Axboe wrote: > You are now browsing the request list without agreeing on what lock is > being held -- what happens to drivers assuming that io_request_lock > protects the list? Boom. For 2.4 we simply cannot afford to muck around > with this, it's jsut too dangerous. For 2.5 I already completely removed > the io_request_lock (also helps to catch references to it from drivers).
Is this part of the bio patches? (I confess, I haven't had the time to look yet.) If not, do you know when we'll be seeing sneak previews of this code? (Yes, it's me again! ;)
- Pete
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