Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Dec 2009 23:12:44 -0800 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: Should we use preempt_disable() in sleep_on_common()? |
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On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 11:07:46PM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:49:14 +0800 > liu pf <kernelfans@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi: > > > > I am puzzled with the following scenario. Could anyone enlighten me? > > > sleep_on family of APIs is very racy and just cannot be used correctly; > I'm not surprised that there's a preempt race in it, but trust me, it's > not the biggest race... never ever use these APIs!!! > >
BTW, why do we still have them? I checked couple and they don't seem to be used...
-- Dmitry
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