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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:27:30 -0800 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org> To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> Cc: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] Char: isicom, fix probe race On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:09:48 +0100 (CET) Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote: > isicom, fix probe race > > Fix two race conditions in the probe function with mutex. > > ... > > static int __devinit isicom_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, > const struct pci_device_id *ent) > { > + static DEFINE_MUTEX(probe_lock); hm. How can isicom_probe() race with itself? Even with the dreaded multithreaded-pci-probing? It's only called once, by a single thread. Confused. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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