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SubjectRe: [RFC 4/4] firewire: add mem1394
Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 12:35 +0100, Andy Wingo wrote:
>>On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 23:43 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
>>
>>>+ spin_lock(&dev_list_lock);
>>
>>Stupid question: are you sure that something coming from an interrupt
>>handler won't try to grab this lock? For example from a cable unplug?
>
> Yes, I'm pretty sure (but I hope some of the firewire experts will chime
> in) -- but if you unplug or anything the node only goes into 'limbo' and
> afaict if it is ever cleaned up then that comes from a thread context.

The lock will only be taken in non-atomic context. In particular, if a
mem1394 device is to be removed after cable unplug, the code will be run
by knodemgrd.

What is more recommendable for mutual exclusion in non-atomic context
(here also with very low probality of lock contention, given the current
implementation of ieee1394) --- a mutex or a spinlock?
--
Stefan Richter
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