Re: pci_walk_bus race condition

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:35:43 +0800
"Zhang, Yanmin" <[email protected]> wrote:

> pci_walk_bus has a race with pci_destroy_dev. When cb is called
> in pci_walk_bus, pci_destroy_dev might unlink the dev pointed by next.
> Later on in the next loop, pointer next becomes NULL and cause
> kernel panic.
> 
> Below patch against 2.6.17-rc4 fixes it by changing pci_bus_lock (spin_lock)
> to pci_bus_sem (rw_semaphore).

How does s/spinlock/rwsem/ fix a race??
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Photo]     [Stuff]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linux for the blind]     [Linux Resources]
  Powered by Linux