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From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu,
	arjan@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [patch 7/8] lock validator: fix ns83820.c irq-flags bug
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:28:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060611202856.GA9868@kvack.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <448C4C7A.7020301@garzik.org>

> The above code snippet removes the nested unlock-irq, but now the code 
> is unbalanced, so IMO this patch _adds_ confusion.
> 
> I think the conservative patch for 2.6.17 is the one I have attached. 
> Unless there are objections, that is what I will forward...

This looks reasonable and sufficiently conservative.  Reworking locking is 
something that I'm a bit more hesitant about, although folding misc_lock 
in with the other locks perhaps makes sense.  I would like to keep the 
split between tx and tx completion, though.  Also, any rework is going to 
need real testing, which is not something that a simple release cycle is 
likely to get enough coverage on.

		-ben
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2006-06-11 20:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200606090519.k595JmDG032032@shell0.pdx.osdl.net>
2006-06-11 14:55 ` [patch 7/8] lock validator: fix ns83820.c irq-flags bug Jeff Garzik
2006-06-11 15:00   ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-11 16:09     ` Jeff Garzik
2006-06-11 16:12       ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-11 17:01 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-06-11 17:02   ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-11 20:28   ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]

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