Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751182AbWBJHz1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:55:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751181AbWBJHz1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:55:27 -0500 Received: from courier.cs.helsinki.fi ([128.214.9.1]:19644 "EHLO mail.cs.helsinki.fi") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751182AbWBJHz0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:55:26 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:55:19 +0200 (EET) From: Pekka J Enberg To: Ravikiran G Thirumalai cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Lameter , Manfred Spraul , vatsa@in.ibm.com, "Shai Fultheim (Shai@scalex86.org)" Subject: Re: [patch] slab: Avoid deadlock at kmem_cache_create/kmem_cache_destroy In-Reply-To: <20060209182923.GA3576@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <20060209182923.GA3576@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 495 Lines: 13 On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote: > Prevents deadlock situation between kmem_cache_create()/kmem_cache_destory(), > and kmem_cache_create() /cpu hotplug. The locking order probably got > moved over time. Looks good to me. Pekka - 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/