Hi Andrew,
On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 02:06:00AM +1000, Andrew Morton wrote:
> All the attempts to eliminate timer_exit() have ended up too complex to
> countenance, so it looks like we're stuck with it.
I personally don't think that it is _too_ complex.
It makes code a bit more complex, but the changes without deadlock detection
and other debugging stuff may fit into a dozen or two dozen lines.
And what about your idea to turn most timers into synchronous ones?
> The module unload race window which exists between the call to
> timer_exit() and the return from the handler can be avoided by waiting
> on timers during sys_delete_module(). Future work.
Best regards
Andrey
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