Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: recursive spinlocks. Shoot. | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | 19 May 2003 15:47:20 +0200 |
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On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 15:37, Peter T. Breuer wrote: > "David Woodhouse wrote:" > > To be honest, if any programmer is capable of committing this error and > > not finding and fixing it for themselves, then they're also capable, and > > arguably _likely_, to introduce subtle lock ordering discrepancies which > > will cause deadlock once in a blue moon. > > > > I don't _want_ you to make life easier for this hypothetical programmer. > > > > I want them to either learn to comprehend locking _properly_, or take up > > gardening instead. > > Let's quote the example from rubini & corbet of the sbull block device > driver. The request function ends like so:
defective locking in a driver is no excuse to pamper over it with recusrive shite. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] |  |