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SubjectRe: [PATCH] lockd
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On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 20:01, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> På må , 04/10/2004 klokka 18:24, skreiv Steve Dickson:
> > Hey Neil,
> >
> > Attached is a patch that fixes some potential SMP races
> > in the lockd code that were identified by the SLEEP_ON_BKLCHECK
> > that was (at one time) in the -mm tree...
>
> Just for the record: the "SMP race condition" argument given here is
> completely bogus. sleep_on_* is quite safe to use when the SMP races are
> being handled using the BKL, as is the case here.

actually this triggered because there was NO bkl... if you hold the bkl
the warning doesn't trigger.....


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