Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:17:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:17:41 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:12952 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:17:41 -0500 Subject: Re: patch for errno-issue (with soundcore) From: Alan Cox To: Thomas Schlichter Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <200301131457.24264.thomas.schlichter@web.de> References: <200301131457.24264.thomas.schlichter@web.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1042470839.18624.19.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 (1.2.1-2) Date: 13 Jan 2003 15:13:59 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 13:57, Thomas Schlichter wrote: > Hi, > > here is a simple patch to export the errno-symbol from the /lib/errno.c file. > This solves the problem with the soundcore module and works perfectly for > me... This actually shows a bug that has always been lurking. What if we load two modules firmware at the same time. errno needs to be task private or we perhaps need an errno_sem ? - 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/