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DateThu, 19 Apr 2007 21:06:16 -0700
FromAndrew Morton <>
SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH -mm take4 3/6] add interface for netconsole using sysfs
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:08:45 +0900 Keiichi KII <k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com> wrote:

> +static ssize_t store_local_port(struct netconsole_target *nt, const char *buf,
> +				size_t count)
> +{
> +	spin_lock(&target_list_lock);
> +	nt->np.local_port = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
> +	spin_unlock(&target_list_lock);
> +
> +	return count;
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t store_remote_port(struct netconsole_target *nt, const char *buf,
> +				size_t count)
> +{
> +	spin_lock(&target_list_lock);
> +	nt->np.remote_port = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
> +	spin_unlock(&target_list_lock);
> +
> +	return count;
> +}

I think that you'll find that the locking in here does nothing useful and
can be removed.


Also, write_msg() can be called from IRQ context, so this lock _must_ be
taken with spin_lock_irq[save] basically everywhere - the code as-is can be
deadlocked.


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