Re: [PATCH] [Request for inclusion] Filesystem in Userspace

Miklos Szeredi
2004-11-16T09:56:02Z

> yes but how do you know the entry is still on the list and valid ?

Because, it's always kept on one of two lists: pending and processing.
The entry is valid valid because it's "owned" by the caller, it's
never freed inside request_send().

> you dropped the lock. A normal code pattern is that you then HAVE
> to revalidate the assumptions which you guard by that lock.

The lock guards the list not the list element which is being removed.

Miklos