RE: [BUGS] 2.5.69 syncppp

[Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)]

On Mer, 2003-05-28 at 22:24, Paul Fulghum wrote:
> The spinlock in cp_timeout() does not synchronize
> with input from sppp_input(), but *does* synchronize
> with sppp_keepalive() which is run off another timer.

In which case you can also use the del_timer return to do
a del_timer_sync/add_timer based protection in some 
situations

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