Re: timer race condition? (was: RE: L68K: Re: IDE-Driver Update ::

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Wed, 26 Aug 1998 01:38:27 +0200 (CEST)

On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
> > No, it's assigned just before add_timer() only (at 2 places). And it can't be
> > already active because my test in add_timer() would catch that.
> > And calling del_timer() twice is harmless.
>
> And the .S files for those bits of ide*.c look right >

Yes they do. Gcc (2.7.2.3) didn't seem to have shuffled the code.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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