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Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 16:48:58 -0400 From: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...vo.org> To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Char: vt, make sysfs operations atomic >> the reason for the code be the way it is is because vcs_{add,remove}_sysfs() >> may sleep > > What's the point? To have races in the code but not sleep inside the semaphore? what about fixing the code to remove the race _and_ not sleep inside the semaphore? :) -- Aristeu -- 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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