Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: repeat a function after fixed time period | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:27:10 +0100 |
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On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 15:56 -0500, linux-os wrote: > >> static void start_timer(void) > >> { > >> if(!atomic_read(&info->running)) > >> { > >> atomic_inc(&info->running); > > > > same race. > > No such race at all.
here there is one; you use add_timer() which isn't allowed on running timers, only mod_timer() is. So yes there is a race.
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