Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/7]: Fix for unsafe notifier chain

[Keith Owens]

On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 14:53:56 -0500 (EST), 
Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>The code below defines three new data structures: atomic_notifier_head,
>blocking_notifier_head, and raw_notifier_head.  The first two correspond
>to what we had in the earlier patch, and raw_notifier_head is almost the
>same as the current implementation, with no locking or protection at all.  

Acked-By: Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxx>

I do not care how this problem is fixed, I am happy with any solution that

(a) stops notify chains being racy and
(b) allows users of notify_die() to be safely unloaded.

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