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DateThu, 22 Apr 2004 09:58:01 +0200
FromVojtech Pavlik <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 8/15] New set of input patches: atkbd - use bitfields
On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 02:41:11AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Thursday 22 April 2004 02:31 am, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 12:57:51AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > 
> > > ===================================================================
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ChangeSet@1.1909, 2004-04-20 22:29:12-05:00, dtor_core@ameritech.net
> > >   Input: remove unneeded fields in atkbd structure, convert to bitfields
> > 
> > I think this is incorrect. We cannot set the bits in bitfields
> > atomically, which we need in some cases. We probably need to add
> > volatiles to some of them, too.
> > 
> > 
> 
> I don't think we have a problem with concurrent access here... One group is set
> exclusively in atkbd_interrupt, other one is pretty mich static.

Ok, then. I'll check them one by one anyway.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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