Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:38:57 +0200 | Subject | Re: [RESEND PATCH] staging: tidspbridge: protect dmm_map properly | From | Felipe Contreras <> |
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@nokia.com> wrote: > We need to protect not only the dmm_map list, but the individual > map_obj's, otherwise, we might be building the scatter-gather list with > garbage. So, use the existing proc_lock for that. > > I observed race conditions which caused kernel panics while running > stress tests, also, Tuomas Kulve found it happening quite often in > Gumstix Over. This patch fixes those. > > Cc: Tuomas Kulve <tuomas@kulve.fi> > Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@nokia.com>
Omar, 2.6.38 is imminent, if this patch has any chance of getting in, I think you would need to push it soon.
Cheers.
-- Felipe Contreras
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