Re: [patches] kernel timer races

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Thu May 25 2000 - 10:01:22 EST


> IMO, all ~700 uses of del_timer() should use the synchronous version
> until they have been audited for del_timer_async()-safety.

And what about auditing them for del_timer sync safety. One reason del_timer
is async is that the original del_timer for 2.1.x that waited did cause
deadlocks

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