Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:51:26 -0300 (BRT) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.19pre2aa1 |
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On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 08:30:55AM +0100, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > { > > clear_bit(BH_Wait_IO, &bh->b_state); > > clear_bit(BH_Lock, &bh->b_state); > > + clear_bit(BH_Launder, &bh->b_state); > > smp_mb__after_clear_bit(); > > if (waitqueue_active(&bh->b_wait)) > > actually, while refining the patch and integrating it, I audited it some > more carefully and the above was wrong,
It's complex.
Would there be a way to simplify the thing so the author of the code can at least get it right and there's a chance of other people understanding it too ? ;)
Rik -- <insert bitkeeper endorsement here>
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