Re: 2.4.19pre2aa1

Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:51:26 -0300 (BRT)

On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 08:30:55AM +0100, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > {
> > clear_bit(BH_Wait_IO, &bh->b_state);
> > clear_bit(BH_Lock, &bh->b_state);
> > + clear_bit(BH_Launder, &bh->b_state);
> > smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
> > if (waitqueue_active(&bh->b_wait))
>
> actually, while refining the patch and integrating it, I audited it some
> more carefully and the above was wrong,

It's complex.

Would there be a way to simplify the thing so the author
of the code can at least get it right and there's a chance
of other people understanding it too ? ;)

Rik

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