From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ralf Baechle DL5RB Subject: Re: mkiss SMP-safe? Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:35:17 +0000 Message-ID: <20051121123517.GA2698@linux-mips.org> References: <20051120004101.GB27244@cloud.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051120004101.GB27244@cloud.net.au> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 11:41:01AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Is mkiss safe on SMP systems? > > Debian appears to omit it from our x86 SMP kernels. I expect this is > just a leftover from old problems with the driver. If it's safe now, > I'll submit a bug report. It should be SMP-safe on 2.6.14-rc1 and newer. This is stricly speaking about mkiss; there are locking holes in the actual AX.25 stack - it's just that typical usage patterns tend to not trigger those. 73 de DL5RB op Ralf -- Loc. JN47BS / CQ 14 / ITU 28 / DOK A21