Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] lockd | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:13:28 +0200 |
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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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