Re: [ANNOUNCE] mdb-2.6.27-rc2-ia32-08-07-08.patch

From: Stefan Richter
Date: Thu Aug 07 2008 - 13:34:05 EST


I wrote:
jmerkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
check mdb-main.c -- I disable preemption before rspin_lock is attempted.
...
Then it is recommendable that you document the call context requirements at the functions.

An alternative would of course be to establish the non-preemptible context from inside the lock accessors, either redundantly to what the call site is doing, or instead of doing it at the call site if that can be arranged.
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Stefan Richter
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