Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751542AbWE3B2W (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 21:28:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751543AbWE3B2V (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 21:28:21 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:55999 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751540AbWE3B2V (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2006 21:28:21 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 18:32:34 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Ingo Molnar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arjan@infradead.org Subject: Re: [patch 01/61] lock validator: floppy.c irq-release fix Message-Id: <20060529183234.2ee78c49.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060529212256.GA3155@elte.hu> References: <20060529212109.GA2058@elte.hu> <20060529212256.GA3155@elte.hu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.17; i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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: 727 Lines: 17 On Mon, 29 May 2006 23:22:56 +0200 Ingo Molnar wrote: > floppy.c does alot of irq-unsafe work within floppy_release_irq_and_dma(): > free_irq(), release_region() ... so when executing in irq context, push > the whole function into keventd. I seem to remember having issues with this - of the "not yet adequate" type. But I forget what they were. Perhaps we have enough flush_scheduled_work()s in there now. We're glad to see you reassuming floppy.c maintenance. - 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/