Re: Possible race in printk?

Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 15:58:52 +0100 (MET)

Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Rogier Wolff wrote:
>
> > __save_flags(flags);
> > __cli();
> > count = len;
> > if (count > LOG_BUF_LEN)
> > count = LOG_BUF_LEN;
> > if (count > logged_chars)
> > count = logged_chars;
> > j = log_start + log_size - count;
> > __restore_flags(flags);
>
> This race is fixed in latest 2.2.x and 2.3.x kernels.

Woops. Sorry everyone, I seem to have been looking at an older
source. (2.2.10).

Roger.

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