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Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:42:56 +0100 From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> To: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>, "Linux/m68k" <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] swim: Add missing spinlock init Hi Jean, On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 14:03:27 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> wrote: >> > It doesn't seem this spinlock was properly initialized. >> >> Quiet possible. There's no SMP on m68k, so all spinlock ops expand to nothing. > > Can we apply my patch still? Or were you suggesting you're fine with > the code as it is? > > Certainly this isn't my area of expertise but I don't quite get the > point of passing a custom lock to blk_init_queue() if locks resolve to > nothing anyway. Thanks, applied and queued for 3.9. >> > Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> >> > Cc: Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au> >> > Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> >> > --- >> > I can't even build-test this. >> > >> > drivers/block/swim.c | 1 + >> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) >> > >> > --- linux-3.6-rc4.orig/drivers/block/swim.c 2012-07-21 22:58:29.000000000 +0200 >> > +++ linux-3.6-rc4/drivers/block/swim.c 2012-09-06 13:09:26.713382169 +0200 >> > @@ -845,6 +845,7 @@ static int __devinit swim_floppy_init(st >> > swd->unit[drive].swd = swd; >> > } >> > >> > + spin_lock_init(&swd->lock); >> > swd->queue = blk_init_queue(do_fd_request, &swd->lock); >> > if (!swd->queue) { >> > err = -ENOMEM; Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- 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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