On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 03:04:22PM +0530, Raghavendra K T wrote: > So we have 3 choices, > 1. xadd > 2. continue with current approach. > 3. a read before unlock and also after that.
For the truly paranoid we have probe_kernel_address(), suppose the lock was in module space and the module just got unloaded under us. -- 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/
