Re: [patch] sleep_on() done with cli() in the NFS code, 2.2.2

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:42:58 -0800 (PST)

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On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> there is one more place i found that does sleep_on() with cli(), this can

Ingo, the sleep_on _has_ to happen with sti.

You just introduced a bad race.

Linus

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