Re: [PATCH/RFC 2.6.21 3/5] ehca: completion queue: remove use of do_mmap()

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 > >  	spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
 > >  	while (my_cq->nr_callbacks)
 > >  		yield();

 > Isn't that code outright buggy?  Calling into the scheduler with a
 > spinlock held and local interrupts disabled...

Yes, absolutely -- if nr_callbacks is ever nonzero then this will
obviously crash instantly.

 - R.
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