On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Dunlap, Randy wrote:
> From: Tim Waugh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
...
> I have made a list of functions that have module unload races -- see
> below.
...
> 2.3.99-pre3 list of unsafe/broken functions (w.r.t. module reference
> counts):
> drivers/net/3c505.c:elp_open -- calls request_xxx further up
> drivers/net/3c509.c:el3_open -- calls request_irq further up
[[ Many others. ]]
Huh? This message confuses me: is request_irq() not module locking safe?
If it is not, that is a signifcant semantic change.
Donald Becker
Scyld Computing Corporation, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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