Re: [patch 01/61] lock validator: floppy.c irq-release fix

On Mon, 29 May 2006 23:22:56 +0200
Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> wrote:

> floppy.c does alot of irq-unsafe work within floppy_release_irq_and_dma():
> free_irq(), release_region() ... so when executing in irq context, push
> the whole function into keventd.

I seem to remember having issues with this - of the "not yet adequate"
type.  But I forget what they were.  Perhaps we have enough
flush_scheduled_work()s in there now.

We're glad to see you reassuming floppy.c maintenance.
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