On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:46:37 -0800, Daniel Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I noticed you also have a spinlock held in usu_probe_thread(), the > usu_lock.. That spinlock would preclude anything inside request_module() > from sleeping.. The usu_lock is not held across request_module. In fact, it can be easily taken from inside request_module, when it invokes modprobe. Stop scaring me :-) > One thing that has bothered me is that I don't see a reason why this > couldn't become a complete, yet you have a comment which says that it > can't be a complete.. I honestly didn't understand the comment.. I would > imagine that you tried a complete , and it didn't work? Yes, it was a completition initially. But suppose you have two storage devices, plugged in across a reboot. Two threads are created and have to wait until the libusual's init function ends. Since we post one completion, only one thread continues. -- Pete -- 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/
