Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 5 authors, 2003-02-14

Re: eata irq abuse (was: Re: Linux 2.5.60)

From: Jeff Garzik <hidden>
Date: 2003-02-12 15:54:00
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Jeff Garzik wrote:
Ballabio_Dario@emc.com wrote:
quoted
Yes, you are correct. I used spin_unlock in order to release the local
driver lock
during the scsi_register call, but I forgot that I had the irq 
disabled as
well.
SO the correct fix is to use spin_unlock_irq/spin_lock_irq around the
scsi_register call. Same fix applies to the u14-34f driver.
scsi_register may want to sleep, so that is not a fix at all...

Ooops, I missed the order.  You (and Manfred) are right, 
unlock-register-lock is desired.

ENOCAFFEINE, I plead...
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