Re: [PATCH] raceless request_region() fix (was Re: Linux 2.6.0-test4)

Jeff Garzik
2003-08-25T21:59:45Z

Is it a race if noone cares? :)

The code does

if (!request_region(...))
fail
touch hardware
release_region
if (!request_region(...))
fail

If the HIGHLY UNLIKELY event of another ISA driver claiming this region
occurs, the system continues working just fine.

At the time, I was thinking that any further touching of the code should
be converting it to a more pnp-like structure.

Jeff