Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751666AbWLMXsC (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:48:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751668AbWLMXsB (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:48:01 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:48768 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751663AbWLMXsA (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:48:00 -0500 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:56:01 +0000 From: Alan To: tglx@linutronix.de Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 Message-ID: <20061213235601.2a565229@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1166049055.29505.47.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20061213195226.GA6736@kroah.com> <1166044471.11914.195.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1166048081.11914.208.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1166049055.29505.47.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; x86_64-redhat-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: 536 Lines: 14 On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:30:55 +0100 Thomas Gleixner wrote: > - IRQ happens > - kernel handler runs and masks the chip irq, which removes the IRQ > request IRQ is shared with the disk driver, box dead. Plus if this is like the uio crap in -mm its full of security holes. - 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/