Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267571AbUJDSOn (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:14:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267863AbUJDSOn (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:14:43 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:49878 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267571AbUJDSOl (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:14:41 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] lockd From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: Trond Myklebust Cc: Steve Dickson , nfs@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <1096912891.22446.67.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> References: <41617958.2020406@RedHat.com> <1096912891.22446.67.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-bbUERD0b7L0KH8XJiI75" Organization: Red Hat UK Message-Id: <1096913608.2788.19.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:13:28 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1346 Lines: 41 --=-bbUERD0b7L0KH8XJiI75 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 20:01, Trond Myklebust wrote: > P=C3=A5 m=C3=A5 , 04/10/2004 klokka 18:24, skreiv Steve Dickson: > > Hey Neil, > >=20 > > Attached is a patch that fixes some potential SMP races > > in the lockd code that were identified by the SLEEP_ON_BKLCHECK > > that was (at one time) in the -mm tree... >=20 > Just for the record: the "SMP race condition" argument given here is > completely bogus. sleep_on_* is quite safe to use when the SMP races are > being handled using the BKL, as is the case here. actually this triggered because there was NO bkl... if you hold the bkl the warning doesn't trigger..... --=-bbUERD0b7L0KH8XJiI75 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBYZLHxULwo51rQBIRApCtAJ9N3iZwDE7HI4iqIijxjY01li+vmQCgn/MP tcTIP1w2TxyZ1D+k2f8P1P4= =Dk1d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-bbUERD0b7L0KH8XJiI75-- - 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/