Re: [PATCH] raceless request_region() fix (was Re: Linux 2.6.0-test4)
From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Mon Aug 25 2003 - 17:00:53 EST
Is it a race if noone cares? :)
The code does
if (!request_region(...))
fail
touch hardware
release_region
if (!request_region(...))
fail
If the HIGHLY UNLIKELY event of another ISA driver claiming this region
occurs, the system continues working just fine.
At the time, I was thinking that any further touching of the code should
be converting it to a more pnp-like structure.
Jeff
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