From: Ralf Baechle DL5RB <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mkiss SMP-safe?
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:35:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051121123517.GA2698@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051120004101.GB27244@cloud.net.au>
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
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Loc. JN47BS / CQ 14 / ITU 28 / DOK A21
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-21 12:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-20 0:41 mkiss SMP-safe? Hamish Moffatt
2005-11-21 12:35 ` Ralf Baechle DL5RB [this message]
2005-11-21 15:48 ` Peter
2005-11-21 16:10 ` Ralf Baechle DL5RB
2005-11-21 20:29 ` Hamish Moffatt
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