Andrew Morton writes: > Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I'm also nervous about the complete lack of locking in vortex_timer(): > > disabling interrupts doesn't mean that transmits couldn't be > > pending. But maybe the hardware is ok with changing status concurrently. > > disable_irq() is very useful in functions such as this. It > would be a shame to have to stop using it. Doesn't the NCR53C9x SCSI drivers use disable_irq() a lot? Do they have any problems? _____ |_____| ------------------------------------------------- ---+---+- | | Russell King [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- --- | | | | http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html / / | | +-+-+ --- -+- / | THE developer of ARM Linux |+| /|\ / | | | --- | +-+-+ ------------------------------------------------- /\\\ | - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Linus Torvalds
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Frank de Lange
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Linus Torvalds
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Frank de Lange
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Manfred Spraul
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Frank de Lange
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Jens Axboe
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Andrew Morton
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Linus Torvalds
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Andrew Morton
- Call for testers: ne2k-pci and io a... Russell King
- Call for testers: ne2k-pci and io a... Manfred Spraul
- Re: Call for testers: ne2k-pci and ... Manfred Spraul
- Re: Call for testers: ne2k-pci and ... J . A . Magallon
- Re: Call for testers: ne2k-pci and ... J . A . Magallon
- Re: Call for testers: ne2k-pci and ... J . A . Magallon
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Zdenek Kabelac
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Manfred Spraul
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP... Andrew Morton
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6 and 2.4.x kernels, h... Alan Cox
- Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6 and 2.4.x kerne... Manfred Spraul