If a particular routine needs to lock a mutex, but it may be entered with that mutex already locked, would the following code be SMP safe?
hold_lock = mutex_trylock() ... if (hold_lock) mutex_unlock() Thanks, Larry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/