Re: [PATCH] w35und: Add locking problems to TODO list

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Sun Sep 19 2010 - 17:41:12 EST


Hi!

> The w35und uses atomics such as "ThreadCount" and "FireCount" to emulate
> locking in the TX paths, for example. Document this bug in the TODO list.
>
> Cc: Lars Lindley <lindley@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Ruslan Pisarev <ruslan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/winbond/TODO | 1 +
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/winbond/TODO b/drivers/staging/winbond/TODO
> index 43bee56..b4c592a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/winbond/TODO
> +++ b/drivers/staging/winbond/TODO
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ TODO:
> - remove unused ioctls
> - use cfg80211 for regulatory stuff
> - fix 4k stack problems
> + - fix locking problems (it's done using atomics...)

Being more verbose here would be good; list all the variables or at
least structures they are in, or something...?
Pavel
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