Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 07:08:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 07:08:09 -0400 Received: from wiprom2mx1.wipro.com ([203.197.164.41]:53663 "EHLO wiprom2mx1.wipro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 07:08:05 -0400 Message-ID: <3BC42C41.90809@wipro.com> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:38:49 +0530 From: "BALBIR SINGH" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20010913 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Viro CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] register_blkdev and unregister_blkdev In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Alexander Viro wrote: >All module init code is under BKL and will stay that way for a long time. >If that ever becomes not true, we are in for much more pain that >register_blkdev() races - you would need to do audit of all drivers to >pull something like that. > I suspected that the locking in init_module was preventing bad things from happening in {devfs_}register_blkdev, I am sure now. Balbir --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: text/plain; name="Wipro_Disclaimer.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Wipro_Disclaimer.txt" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Wipro and/or its Customers and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited. In such cases, please notify us immediately at mailto:mailadmin@wipro.com and delete this mail from your records. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary-- - 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/