Re: start_sem semaphore in 2.5.68 code

[John L. <le...@mo...>]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 10:31:03AM -0400, Will Cohen wrote:

> I am looking through the Linux 2.5.68 code and I noticed in oprof.c that 
> both oprofile_setup() and oprofile_start() use the start_sem mutex when 
> accessing is_setup. However, oprofile_shutdown() does not use start_sem 
> when accessing is_setup. The access  Should oprofile_shutdown() be using 
> the start_sem mutex when accessing is_setup?

Hmm, possibly. The usage of start_sem seems quite dubious to me looking
at it now.

regards
john