Re: Linux 2.2.15pre19

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 07:40:30 EST


> Consider two apps having the same soundcard open, one for reading
> and one for writing. Thus whenever something happens in one direction,
> _both_ apps get woken up, not good IMO.

Both get woken and one should then go back to sleep. The wrong wake will
call the poll test again and it will still fail.

I needed an obviously correct fix not the perfect performance fix. Better
fixes welcomed

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