Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932786AbYBTV6H (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:58:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757278AbYBTV5z (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:57:55 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:41980 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753403AbYBTV5y (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:57:54 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:48:47 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: "John Stoffel" Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] cyclades: Prepare for relaxed locking in callers Message-ID: <20080220214847.1a5590c3@core> In-Reply-To: <18364.39445.347911.402466@stoffel.org> References: <20080220201216.40d70747@core> <18364.39445.347911.402466@stoffel.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 836 Lines: 20 On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:22:29 -0500 "John Stoffel" wrote: > > Alan> Basically wrap it in lock_kernel where it is hard to prove the > Alan> locking is ok. > > I've got cyclades cards, both ISA and Serial. Do you want/need any > specific tests? Or should I just send you (or your deputy) the ISA > card for your collection? At the moment its fairly tricky to test unless you want to hack your tree up further. The patch prepares for stuff that I've not yet sent Andrew. I want to make sure we haven't broken anything before sending the small patches to fire it all up. -- 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/