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Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 15:54:39 -0500 From: "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> To: "Pete Zaitcev" <zaitcev@...hat.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Subject: Re: Fix locking in mousedev On 3/9/07, Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com> wrote: > On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 09:28:49 -0500, "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote: > > On 2/28/07, Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com> wrote: > > > > Dmitry, please consider getting rid of the list of handles entirely. > > > The other major user is drivers/char/keyboard.c. > > > > I agree that handlers should not access h_list nad use their own > > private lists instead. However input core still needs that list to > > maintain its books. > > Hmm. So it appears that my patch wastes 2 ulongs per input handle > then, in the name of preventing oopses. OK. > Think about the time when everyone switches to evdev-based input drivers. Then we can forget about mousedev wasting some extra memory ;) -- Dmitry - 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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