On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:10:11 -0500 (EST), linux-os <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thought experiment: > Suppose you had a kernel-thread whos duty it was to handle the > shutdown and restarting of devices on such busses. Since it > is the only thing that would touch such code, wouldn't things > be a lot simpler and not subject to deadlocks? >
You'd still have to mind devices that were added/removed from probe/remove handlers while walking lists. -- Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
