>> enclosed are 163 potential bugs in 2.4.1 where blocking functions are
> > called with either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. The
> > checker works by:
>
> Here's the file manifest. Apologies.
>
> drivers/atm/idt77105.c
> [...]
> drivers/char/cyclades.c
Unortunately schedule() with disabled interrupts is a feature, it's
needed for the old (deprecated and waiting for termination in 2.5)
sleep_on() functions.
Is it difficult to split it into "interrupts disabled" and "spin lock
held"?
--
Manfred
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