Re: DAC960 SMP deadlock fix

From: Andrea Arcangeli (andrea@suse.de)
Date: Thu Sep 07 2000 - 11:26:12 EST


On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Leonard N. Zubkoff wrote:

>I tried retrieving that file but was unsuccessful; is that the correct URL?

I guess I cut and pasted too much directories, sorry. I attached the file
since it's small.

>Is the fix simply moving the spin_unlock right before the call to
>add_wait_queue?

A little more, we also have to make sure not to miss events and the
__wait_event interfaces addersses that second issue.

>I should be able to release a new driver very shortly with such a fix; I
>just have one or two other minor nits I'm finishing up.

Good, thanks!

Andrea



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