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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [LART] pc_keyb.c changes
From:       "David C. Hansen" <dave () sr71 ! net>
Date:       2001-11-30 21:34:43
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Alexander Viro wrote:

> 	Could the person who switched from BKL to spin_lock_irqsave() in
> pc_keyb.c please share whatever the hell he had been smoking?  Free clue:
> disabling interrupts for long intervals to improve scalability is right up
> there with fighting for peace and fucking for virginity.
As I slowly raise my hand to take, um credit....


This is definitely one of the drivers I to take a second look at, now 
that I know about the BKL being held for block and char device opens. 
Do you have any ideas how else to do this safely since aux_count is 
referenced during an interrupt?

--
Dave Hansen
dave@sr71.net


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