From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 11:35:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 11:35:21 -0400 Received: from [194.213.32.142] ([194.213.32.142]:6916 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 11:34:34 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:56:35 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Kernel Mailing List , Alexander Viro , "David S. Miller" , Andrea Arcangeli , Alan Cox , David Woodhouse , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: 2.4.7-pre9.. Message-ID: <20010723125635.A35@toy.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from torvalds@transmeta.com on Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 10:17:37PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing Hi! > I've changed all generic code, so drivers are all expected to compile and > work. However, some SCSI drivers use the semaphore trick in their own > code, and I've not mucked with that. It's not worth worrying about too > much, as the race is basically impossible to hit (famous last words), but I smell problems in usb/storage/*... What about adding strategic udelay() somewhere so race is easier to hit? Pavel -- Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.