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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 15:10:39 +0200
From: Marcin Dalecki <dalecki@evision.ag>
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To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl>
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Subject: Re: please DON'T run 2.5.27 with IDE!
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Marcin Dalecki wrote:
> 
> 
>>[root@localhost block]# grep \>special *.c
>>elevator.c:         !rq->waiting && !rq->special)
>>^^^^^^ This one is supposed to have the required barrier effect.
> 
> 
> Go reread, no barrier effect, requests can slip in before your
> REQ_SPECIAL. They cannon only be merged with REQ_SPECIAL.

Erm. Please note that I don't see any problem here. It's just
a matter of completeness.


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