Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 06 Apr 2003 07:25:12 +1200 | From | Nigel Cunningham <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: Fixes for ide-disk.c |
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Hi.
On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 04:46, Alan Cox wrote: > Drive->blocked is a single bit field. Its not a counting lock. Either > we are blocked or not.
Okay. We need a different solution then, but the problem remains - the driver can get multiple, nexted calls to block and unblock. Can it become a counting lock?
Regards,
Nigel
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