Re: [patch] Real-Time Preemption, -RT-2.6.13-rc6-V0.7.53-11

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Aug 16 2005 - 12:02:17 EST



* Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In general yes, the patch should be okay. But there are a few things
> to check for. Perhaps most of the USB drivers don't care whether
> interrupts are enabled or not in their completion routines. However I
> know of at least one where it does matter. The current code _is_
> SMP-safe, but it won't remain UP-safe unless you add this patch in
> addition to your own.

ah, indeed. I've added this to the -RT tree too.

Ingo
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