Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:03:55 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.8.1-mm1 |
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On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 07:44:47AM +0200, Peter Osterlund wrote: > The release/ioctl functions should be no problems to convert, but how > do I prevent pkt_open() and pkt_remove_dev() from racing against each > other with your suggestion? Currently this is handled by the ctl_mutex > and the fact that pkt_find_dev_from_minor() returns NULL if the packet > device has gone away.
If you call del_gendisk early enough the blocklayer will synchrnoize them for you. It looks like you'll have to move del_gendisk a little up for that, though. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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