On 06/21/2013 05:25 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:

I guess the easiest way to make use of the existing checks is to
simply set/clear the bit inside the lock.  That will allow the
existing code to check if the list got smashed by something.

If the incremental patch below is what you had in mind, then I'll
resend a v2 with this change incorporated.

Yes, that is probably the easiest thing.

Thanks,
Paul.
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Sebastian