On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 11:24:23AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > This patch (as536) simplifies the driver-model core by replacing the klist > > used to store the set of devices bound to a driver with a regular list > > protected by a mutex. It turns out that even with a klist, there are too > > many opportunities for races for the list to be used safely by more than > > one thread at a time. And given that only one thread uses the list at any > > moment, there's no need to add all the extra overhead of making it a > > klist. > > Hm, but that was the whole reason to go to a klist in the first place.
And shows once more that the klist approach was totally misguided. - 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/
