Re: [PATCH 1/7] async: Asynchronous function calls to speed upkernel boot

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 22:31:41 -0200
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Small nitpick:
> 
> - > +		return entry->cookie;
> > +	} else if (!list_empty(running)) {
> > +		entry = list_first_entry(running,
> > +			struct async_entry, list);
> - > +		return entry->cookie;
> > +	} else {
> > +		/* nothing in progress... next_cookie is
> > "infinity" */
> > +		return next_cookie;
> > +	}
> 
> + 	return entry->cookie;

no you cannot do this; entry can be freed by this time already from a
thread.
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