Re: Worst recursion in the kernel

From: Mike Fedyk
Date: Wed Dec 03 2003 - 18:12:08 EST


On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 10:57:43PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> Yes, but the condition of the /data/ is such that it will not recurse.
>
> A pure "can this function call that function" analysis ignoring the
> state of the data will say this will infinitely recuse. Include
> the data, and you'll find it has a very definite recursion limit.

Is the data verified?
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