While looking through linux-2.4.18pre1/drivers/scsi/ips.c I noticed that
a spin_lock_irq is held while doing a possibly blocking operation.
Can't this code livelock on SMP if datasize is set?
linux-2.4.18pre1/drivers/scsi/ips.c
1778 /* reobtain the lock */
1779 spin_lock_irq(&io_request_lock);
1780
1781 /* command finished -- copy back */
1782 user_area = *((char **) &SC->cmnd[4]);
1783 kern_area = ha->ioctl_data;
1784 datasize = *((u_int32_t *) &SC->cmnd[8]);
1785
1786 if (datasize) {
1787 if (copy_to_user(user_area, kern_area, datasize) > 0) {
1788 DEBUG_VAR(1, "(%s%d) passthru failed - unable to
copy out user data",
1789 ips_name, ha->host_num);
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Petter Wahlman
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