Re: Changes to the FireWire kernel drivers in Linux 3.1
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From: Stefan R. <st...@s5...> - 2011-11-04 09:52:44
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On Nov 04 Allan Duncan wrote: > On 04/11/11 05:05, Stefan Richter wrote: [storage device unplug bugs] > > AFAIU a thorough rework of the block layer with introduction of proper > > reference counting is required to get this class of bugs really fixed. [...] > Is it viable to add reference counting to your corner of the world so > that at least the 1394 subsystem keeps itself nice? As far as I can tell, the race conditions in block request queue management happen at a level at which the transport drivers (1394, SATA, USB...) are unable to save the day with their own reference counting or locking. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==-== =-== --=-- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ |