* [PATCH] w35und: Add locking problems to TODO list
@ 2010-09-19 10:04 Pekka Enberg
2010-09-19 21:40 ` Pavel Machek
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From: Pekka Enberg @ 2010-09-19 10:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gregkh
Cc: linux-kernel, Pekka Enberg, Lars Lindley, Pavel Machek, Ruslan Pisarev
The w35und uses atomics such as "ThreadCount" and "FireCount" to emulate
locking in the TX paths, for example. Document this bug in the TODO list.
Cc: Lars Lindley <lindley@coyote.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Ruslan Pisarev <ruslan@rpisarev.org.ua>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
---
drivers/staging/winbond/TODO | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/winbond/TODO b/drivers/staging/winbond/TODO
index 43bee56..b4c592a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/winbond/TODO
+++ b/drivers/staging/winbond/TODO
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ TODO:
- remove unused ioctls
- use cfg80211 for regulatory stuff
- fix 4k stack problems
+ - fix locking problems (it's done using atomics...)
Please send patches to Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> and
Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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* Re: [PATCH] w35und: Add locking problems to TODO list
2010-09-19 10:04 [PATCH] w35und: Add locking problems to TODO list Pekka Enberg
@ 2010-09-19 21:40 ` Pavel Machek
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From: Pavel Machek @ 2010-09-19 21:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pekka Enberg; +Cc: gregkh, linux-kernel, Lars Lindley, Ruslan Pisarev
Hi!
> The w35und uses atomics such as "ThreadCount" and "FireCount" to emulate
> locking in the TX paths, for example. Document this bug in the TODO list.
>
> Cc: Lars Lindley <lindley@coyote.org>
> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
> Cc: Ruslan Pisarev <ruslan@rpisarev.org.ua>
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
> ---
> drivers/staging/winbond/TODO | 1 +
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/winbond/TODO b/drivers/staging/winbond/TODO
> index 43bee56..b4c592a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/winbond/TODO
> +++ b/drivers/staging/winbond/TODO
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ TODO:
> - remove unused ioctls
> - use cfg80211 for regulatory stuff
> - fix 4k stack problems
> + - fix locking problems (it's done using atomics...)
Being more verbose here would be good; list all the variables or at
least structures they are in, or something...?
Pavel
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