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From: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Driver Core patches for 2.6.10-rc1
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 22:32:29 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041102223229.A10969@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <10993462773570@kroah.com>; from greg@kroah.com on Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 01:57:57PM -0800

On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 01:57:57PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> This patch fixes the problem by using a separate semaphore, called
> dpm_list_sem, to cover the places where we need the device pm lists to be
> stable, and by being careful about how we traverse the lists on suspend and
> resume.  I have analysed the various cases that can occur and I am
> confident that I have handled them all correctly.  I posted this patch
> together with a detailed analysis 10 days ago.

Does this mean that a device driver can have its suspend or resume
methods called in the middle of a probe or remove on a different CPU ?
(note: x86 APM does not freeze all processes last time I checked...)

If yes, has anyone audited the drivers to ensure that they're correct
in respect of this?

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:  2.6 PCMCIA      - http://pcmcia.arm.linux.org.uk/
                 2.6 Serial core

  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-11-03  0:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-01 21:54 [BK PATCH] Driver Core patches for 2.6.10-rc1 Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57 ` [PATCH] " Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57   ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57     ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57       ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57         ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57           ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57             ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57               ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57                 ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57                   ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57                     ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57                       ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57                         ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 21:57                           ` Greg KH
2004-11-02 22:32                   ` Russell King [this message]
2004-11-07 15:28                     ` Russell King
2004-11-10  1:37                       ` Greg KH
2004-11-10  2:57                         ` Paul Mackerras
2004-11-10  8:36                           ` Russell King
2004-11-10 21:36                             ` Paul Mackerras
2004-11-11  0:00                               ` Nigel Cunningham
2004-11-11 20:52                               ` Russell King
2004-11-12  0:28                               ` Greg KH
2004-11-01 23:44       ` Pozsar Balazs
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-10-22 23:09 [BK PATCH] " Greg KH
2004-10-22 23:09 ` [PATCH] " Greg KH
2004-10-22 23:09   ` Greg KH
2004-10-22 23:09     ` Greg KH
2004-10-22 23:09       ` Greg KH
2004-10-22 23:09         ` Greg KH
2004-10-22 23:09           ` Greg KH
2004-10-22 23:09             ` Greg KH

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