From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764080AbYDNSCU (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:02:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756627AbYDNSCL (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:02:11 -0400 Received: from x35.xmailserver.org ([64.71.152.41]:50646 "EHLO x35.xmailserver.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754959AbYDNSCK (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:02:10 -0400 X-AuthUser: davidel@xmailserver.org Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:02:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Davide Libenzi X-X-Sender: davide@alien.or.mcafeemobile.com To: Oliver Pinter cc: Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Zach Brown , Jeff Roberson Subject: Re: [patch] eventfd/kaio integration fix In-Reply-To: <6101e8c40804141056rff5a160jcabb3deebf9b7b6f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <6101e8c40804130529k353a46a9h8ed1b5fbf6451297@mail.gmail.com> <6101e8c40804141056rff5a160jcabb3deebf9b7b6f@mail.gmail.com> X-GPG-FINGRPRINT: CFAE 5BEE FD36 F65E E640 56FE 0974 BF23 270F 474E X-GPG-PUBLIC_KEY: http://www.xmailserver.org/davidel.asc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Oliver Pinter wrote: > this race presented in forigen kernels or only in 2.6.25-rcX? "Forigen"? The race is there since day one of kaio+eventfd integration. So basically, if your kernel has eventfd, it has also the race. Needless to say, simple kaio usage w/out eventfd, is fine. - Davide