Re: repeat a function after fixed time period

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 15:56 -0500, linux-os wrote:
> >> static void start_timer(void)
> >> {
> >>      if(!atomic_read(&info->running))
> >>      {
> >>          atomic_inc(&info->running);
> >
> > same race.
> 
> No such race at all.

here there is one; you use add_timer() which isn't allowed on running
timers, only mod_timer() is. So yes there is a race.


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