Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:59:20 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] raceless request_region() fix (was Re: Linux 2.6.0-test4) |
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Is it a race if noone cares? :)
The code does
if (!request_region(...)) fail touch hardware release_region if (!request_region(...)) fail
If the HIGHLY UNLIKELY event of another ISA driver claiming this region occurs, the system continues working just fine.
At the time, I was thinking that any further touching of the code should be converting it to a more pnp-like structure.
Jeff
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