Re: [CHECKER] blocking w/ spinlock or interrupt's disabled

[Kurt Garloff]

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Hi Dawson,

On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 08:23:34PM -0800, Dawson Engler wrote:
> > enclosed are 163 potential bugs in 2.4.1 where blocking functions are
> > called with either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held.  The
> > checker works by:=20
>=20
> Here's the file manifest.  Apologies.
>=20
[...]
> drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c
[...]

I'm interested in this one as I'm the maintainer ...

How do I get more details on the problem?

Most other CHECKER reports have been indicating the function where the
problem occurs, this unfortunately not. Am I missing something?

PS: Very nice work! Keep on going!

Regards,
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Kurt Garloff  <[e-mail]>                          Eindhoven, NL
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