In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010101035290.24876-100000@main.cyclades.com>,
Ivan Passos <lists@cyclades.com> wrote:
>
>"You could use a semaphore for this. Initialize it to 0, then call
>down() from the ioctl, and up() from the interrupt handler. If the
>up() happens before the down(), the down() won't go to sleep."
>
>Initializing it to 0 means:
>
> cfg_sem = MUTEX_LOCKED;
>
>It's the simplest to understand, and it works great!!
>
>Does anybody see a problem with this implementation??
No.
This is in fact how the SCSI layer has handled similar issues for a
_loong_ time now, so it had better work - and it does.
Linus
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