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DateThu, 24 Jan 2008 11:06:43 -0500
FromJarod Wilson <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/4] firewire: enforce access order between generation and node ID
Stefan Richter wrote:
> fw_device.node_id and fw_device.generation are accessed without mutexes.
> We have to ensure that all readers will get to see node_id updates
> before generation updates.
> 
> An earlier incarnation of this patch fixes an inability to recognize
> devices after "giving up on config rom",
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429950
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>

Verified in concert with parts 1 and 2 as well as with 1, 2 and 4, to fix
'giving up on config rom' issues on multiple system and drive combinations
that were previously affected.

Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jwilson@redhat.com>



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Jarod Wilson
jwilson@redhat.com



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