From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 20:23:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 20:23:15 -0500 Received: from asbestos.linuxcare.com.au ([203.17.0.30]:31221 "EHLO halfway") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 20:22:57 -0500 From: Rusty Russell To: Andrew Morton CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Kernel Janitor's TODO list In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:05:41 +1100." Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:22:52 +1100 Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > In message <3A74451F.DA29FD17@uow.edu.au> you write: > > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0005.3/0269.html > > > > A lot of the timer deletion races are hard to fix because of > > the deadlock problem. Double take: we *did* fix the problems with del_timer_sync(). We should probably have renamed del_timer to del_time_async and make everyone fix their code though. The `text vanishing under timer in module' problem is solved by the pending module cleanup for 2.5. Rusty. -- Premature optmztion is rt of all evl. --DK - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/