From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: linux-os@analogic.com
Cc: sounak chakraborty <sounakrin@yahoo.co.in>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: repeat a function after fixed time period
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:27:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1111613230.12808.0.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0503231551570.16734@chaos.analogic.com>
On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 15:56 -0500, linux-os wrote:
> >> static void start_timer(void)
> >> {
> >> if(!atomic_read(&info->running))
> >> {
> >> atomic_inc(&info->running);
> >
> > same race.
>
> No such race at all.
here there is one; you use add_timer() which isn't allowed on running
timers, only mod_timer() is. So yes there is a race.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-23 21:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-23 19:43 sounak chakraborty
2005-03-23 20:23 ` linux-os
2005-03-23 20:48 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-03-23 20:56 ` linux-os
2005-03-23 21:27 ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]
2005-03-23 22:00 ` linux-os
2005-03-24 6:59 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-03-23 23:13 sounak chakraborty
2005-03-24 12:09 ` linux-os
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=1111613230.12808.0.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org \
--to=arjan@infradead.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-os@analogic.com \
--cc=sounakrin@yahoo.co.in \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®