Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Apr 2003 17:29:14 +0200 | From | Stelian Pop <> | Subject | Re: IEEE-1394 problem on init [ was Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc1 ] |
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 10:48:58AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > As for 2.4.21, well, we want something pretty well tested. Will this > > be the case with your new mega-patch ? I don't think so. The safest > > is to go back to a version which worked. At least the bugs of that > > version are known, which is not the case for the new version. > > BTW, have you even tested the patch? I can almost guarantee is is more > stable than what was in -pre7 (outside of the one small fix I had to > apply for the IRM looping). The -pre7 code has loads of irq disabling > problems and dead lock issues, not to mention the race conditions. > > The problem you see with the irq disabling around kernel_thread() may > not be there in -pre7, but that's only because the shared data with the > thread was not protected from a race condition that causes an oops in > some not-so-rare cases.
I confirm that your patch at least solves the initialisation issues. I'll test later with some ieee devices and I'll report back if I found other issues.
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