Re: IEEE-1394 problem on init [ was Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc1 ]

Ben Collins (bcollins@debian.org)
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 10:48:58 -0400


> As for 2.4.21, well, we want something pretty well tested. Will this
> be the case with your new mega-patch ? I don't think so. The safest
> is to go back to a version which worked. At least the bugs of that
> version are known, which is not the case for the new version.

BTW, have you even tested the patch? I can almost guarantee is is more
stable than what was in -pre7 (outside of the one small fix I had to
apply for the IRM looping). The -pre7 code has loads of irq disabling
problems and dead lock issues, not to mention the race conditions.

The problem you see with the irq disabling around kernel_thread() may
not be there in -pre7, but that's only because the shared data with the
thread was not protected from a race condition that causes an oops in
some not-so-rare cases.

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