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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Alexander Larsson <alex@cendio.se>
Cc: mtd@infradead.org
Subject: Re: More comments
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 09:15:51 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <26768.952938951@devel2.axiom.internal> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000313094651.32523A-100000@biffen.cendio.se>


alex@cendio.se said:
>  That means i have to wrap all write and reads in a function that
> loops over the read/write call.

This has to be done somewhere. Where's best - in _every_ device driver or in
only those front ends which attempt non-block-aligned access?


> Hmm, i think i spoke to soon. It would still need some kind of
> locking. How about an explicit read_lock()/read_unlock(). It could
> even use rw_semaphores to allow concurrent reads from several readers.

Yes - that sounds like a good idea.



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  reply	other threads:[~2000-03-13  9:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-03-12 12:20 More comments Alexander Larsson
2000-03-12 13:44 ` David Woodhouse
2000-03-12 17:16   ` Alexander Larsson
2000-03-12 17:26     ` David Woodhouse
2000-03-13  9:06       ` Alexander Larsson
2000-03-13  9:15         ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2000-03-13  9:42           ` Alexander Larsson
2000-03-28 10:18             ` David Woodhouse
2000-03-28 11:30               ` Alexander Larsson
2000-03-14 17:13     ` David Woodhouse

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