From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: "Peter T. Breuer" <ptb@it.uc3m.es>
Cc: Steve Whitehouse <Steve@ChyGwyn.com>,
linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, chen_xiangping@emc.com
Subject: Re: Kernel deadlock using nbd over acenic driver
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 13:21:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020529112137.GA397@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020527134413.E35@toy.ucw.cz> <200205291051.g4TApEC24775@oboe.it.uc3m.es>
Hi!
> > > Look in some of the block drivers, floppy.c or loop.c. These do call
> > > the task queue, even though that's only as an aid to the rest of the
> > > kernel, because they know they can help at that point, and it's not at
> > > all clear what context they're in. Perhaps it's best to look in
> > > floppy.c, which runs the task queue in its init routine! I mean to say
> >
> > Init routine is called from insmod context or at kernel bootup (from pid==1).
>
> That's nitpicking!
I did not want to be nitpicking. init() really is considered process
context, and it looks to me like unplug is *blocking* operation so it
really needs proceess context.
Pavel
--
(about SSSCA) "I don't say this lightly. However, I really think that the U.S.
no longer is classifiable as a democracy, but rather as a plutocracy." --hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-29 11:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-16 22:54 Kernel deadlock using nbd over acenic driver Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-17 8:44 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-05-23 13:21 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-24 10:11 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-05-24 11:43 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-24 13:28 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-05-24 15:54 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-27 13:04 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-05-27 19:51 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-27 13:44 ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-29 10:51 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-29 11:21 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2002-05-29 12:10 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-29 13:24 ` Jens Axboe
2002-06-01 21:13 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-06-05 8:48 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-06-02 6:39 ` Pavel Machek
[not found] <3CE40A77.22C74DC1@zip.com.au>
2002-05-16 20:28 ` Peter T. Breuer
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-05-16 13:18 chen, xiangping
2002-05-15 21:43 Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-16 8:33 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-05-15 17:43 Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-15 19:43 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-05-16 5:15 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-16 8:04 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-05-16 8:49 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-15 16:01 Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-14 17:42 chen, xiangping
2002-05-14 17:36 chen, xiangping
2002-05-14 18:02 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-14 16:07 chen, xiangping
2002-05-14 16:32 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-05-14 16:48 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-15 22:31 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-05-16 5:10 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-16 5:19 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-16 14:29 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-05-16 15:35 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-16 16:22 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-05-16 16:45 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-16 16:35 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-05-17 7:01 ` Peter T. Breuer
2002-05-17 9:26 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-05-14 15:05 chen, xiangping
2002-05-14 15:11 ` Jes Sorensen
2002-05-10 15:39 chen, xiangping
2002-05-10 15:02 chen, xiangping
2002-05-10 15:11 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-05-14 14:58 ` Jes Sorensen
2002-05-06 15:05 chen, xiangping
2002-05-07 8:15 ` Steven Whitehouse
2002-05-06 2:26 chen, xiangping
2002-05-06 8:45 ` Steven Whitehouse
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