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From: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
To: Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com
Subject: Re: [6/9] [RFC] Steps to fixing the driver model locking
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:06:45 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8764zicxzu.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.50.0503211245530.20647-100000@monsoon.he.net> (Patrick Mochel's message of "Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:48:47 -0800 (PST)")

Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org> writes:

> +void klist_del(struct klist_node * n)
> +{
> +	struct klist * k = n->n_klist;
> +
> +	spin_lock(&k->k_lock);
> +	klist_dec_and_del(n);
> +	spin_unlock(&k->k_lock);
> +}

Can't we use atomic_dec_and_lock()?

[...]

> +void klist_remove(struct klist_node * n)
> +{
> +	spin_lock(&n->n_klist->k_lock);
> +	klist_dec_and_del(n);
> +	spin_unlock(&n->n_klist->k_lock);
> +	wait_for_completion(&n->n_removed);
> +}

Why isn't those going into drivers/base/?  Personally, klist seems
drivers/base stuff rather than generic stuff...
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-03-23 13:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-03-21 20:48 Patrick Mochel
2005-03-22 10:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-03-22 17:48   ` Patrick Mochel
2005-03-23 13:06 ` OGAWA Hirofumi [this message]
2005-03-23 17:43   ` Patrick Mochel

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