From: Douglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: contrary ide_register() lock description 2.5.69
Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 18:25:44 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EB62008.9000308@torque.net> (raw)
The comments above ide_unregister() function definition
in lk 2.5.69 include this:
* Take care with the callbacks. These have been split to avoid
* deadlocking the IDE layer. The shutdown callback is called
* before we take the lock and free resources. It is up to the
* caller to be sure there is no pending I/O here, and that
* the interfce will not be reopened (present/vanishing locking
* isnt yet done btw). After we commit to the final kill we
* call the cleanup callback with the ide locks held.
The code that follows in ide.c shows the ide_lock
being taken prior to the shutdown callback and then
let go prior to cleanup callback. That's not what
those comments suggest.
However I do like the remaining comments in ide_unregister():
* Unregister restores the hwif structures to the default state.
* This is raving bonkers.
Doug Gilbert
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