Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752703AbaKBWxX (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Nov 2014 17:53:23 -0500 Received: from violet.fr.zoreil.com ([92.243.8.30]:39069 "EHLO violet.fr.zoreil.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751463AbaKBWxU (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Nov 2014 17:53:20 -0500 Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 23:53:07 +0100 From: Francois Romieu To: Hayes Wang Cc: David Miller , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , nic_swsd , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-usb@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] r8152: clear the flagofSCHEDULE_TASKLET in tasklet Message-ID: <20141102225307.GA19900@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <1394712342-15778-75-Taiwan-albertk@realtek.com> <1394712342-15778-79-Taiwan-albertk@realtek.com> <1394712342-15778-81-Taiwan-albertk@realtek.com> <20141031.161520.3547230591227504.davem@davemloft.net> <0835B3720019904CB8F7AA43166CEEB2ECD8A7@RTITMBSV03.realtek.com.tw> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0835B3720019904CB8F7AA43166CEEB2ECD8A7@RTITMBSV03.realtek.com.tw> X-Organisation: Land of Sunshine Inc. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hayes Wang : > David Miller [davem@davemloft.net] [...] > > If another thread of control sets the bit between the test and the > > clear, you will lose an event. > > It is fine. The flag is used to schedule a tasklet, so if the tasklet is > starting running, all the other plans for scheduling a tasklet could > be cleared. test_and_clear_bit (dense) or clear_bit would be more idiomatic. -- Ueimor -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/