Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: spinlocking between user context / tasklet / tophalf question | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 26 Apr 2002 15:19:35 -0400 |
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On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 04:52, Emmanuel Michon wrote:
> 1. Should I use spin_lock(&Y_lock); or spin_lock_bh(&Y_lock); in the tasklet > body?
You would want to use spin_lock_bh to serialize against other softirqs. That does not seem to be a need, here.
> 2. What is the reality behind: ``things which sleep'', is it really a problem > to use copy_from_user/copy_to_user holding a spinlock?
Yes, they sleep.
Robert Love
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