linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firewire: remove global lock around address handlers, convert to RCU

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Message-ID: <1348851928.2229.3.camel@thor>
Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:05:28 -0400
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
CC:	"linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firewire: remove global lock around address handlers,
 convert to RCU

On Thu, 2012-09-27 at 15:44 -0400, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 02:50:02 -0400
> From: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
> 
> Upper-layer handlers for inbound requests were called with a spinlock
> held by firewire-core.  Calling into upper layers with a lower layer
> lock held is generally a bad idea.
[... snip ...]
> 
> (Changelog rewritten by Stefan R.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
> ---
> Peter, are you OK with the new changelog?

Yes, that's ok with me.

Peter Hurley
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