Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Do you want me to redo the patch?
> >
>
> That, or a delta. At your convenience.
A new patch is just as easy. There'll be one with you shortly.
> What's your feeling on the stability
Well... it boots:-) That involves creating and destroying keyrin
David Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > What's with the preempt_enable()/disable() added to __key_link()? It's not
> > obvious what is being protected from what, and why.
>
> Ummm... Yes... They're probably not necessary. A wmb() may be require
David Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What's with the preempt_enable()/disable() added to __key_link()? It's not
> > obvious what is being protected from what, and why.
>
> Ummm... Yes... They're probably not necessary. A wmb() may be required after
> the klist->nkeys++ to commit to memor
Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What's with the preempt_enable()/disable() added to __key_link()? It's not
> obvious what is being protected from what, and why.
Ummm... Yes... They're probably not necessary. A wmb() may be required after
the klist->nkeys++ to commit to memory the fact
David Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> The attached patch changes the key implementation in a number of ways:
That worked.
What's with the preempt_enable()/disable() added to __key_link()? It's not
obvious what is being protected from what, and why.
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The attached patch changes the key implementation in a number of ways:
(1) It removes the spinlock from the key structure.
(2) The key flags are now accessed using atomic bitops instead of
write-locking the key spinlock and using C bitwise operators.
The three instantiation flags ar
Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The attached patch changes the key implementation in a number of ways:
> >
> > (1) It removes the spinlock from the key structure.
> >
> > (2) The key flags are now accessed using atomic bitops instead of
> > write-locking the key spinlock and
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, David Howells wrote:
>
> The attached patch changes the key implementation in a number of ways:
>
> (1) It removes the spinlock from the key structure.
>
> (2) The key flags are now accessed using atomic bitops instead of
> write-locking the key spinlock and using C
The attached patch changes the key implementation in a number of ways:
(1) It removes the spinlock from the key structure.
(2) The key flags are now accessed using atomic bitops instead of
write-locking the key spinlock and using C bitwise operators.
The three instantiation flags ar
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