Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [BUG] 2.2.1[78] : RTNETLINK lock not properly locking ? | Date | Thu, 23 Nov 2000 07:14:32 +0100 (MET) | From | Willy Tarreau <> |
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> It is linux-2.2, guy. 8) "threads" are not threaded there. > > Semaphores (rtnl_lock, particularly) protects only areas, which > are going to _schedule_ excplicitly or implicitly.
ok, thanks a lot Alexey, now I understand.
> Please, read comments. People used to consider comments as something > decorative, but they are not.
I did read them again and again, but you know, when there's something you don't understand, sometimes you interprete things badly.
> Any questions? not anymore, of course :-)
> Sorry... > > /* NOTE: these locks are not interrupt safe, are not SMP safe, > * they are even not atomic. 8)8)8) ... and it is not a bug. > etc. > > Do you call this "very precautios"? 8)
I spoke about the first ones :)
thanks a lot, now I know how to proceed.
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