RE: [BUGS] 2.5.69 syncppp

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
28 May 2003 22:37:06 +0100

On Mer, 2003-05-28 at 22:24, Paul Fulghum wrote:
> The spinlock in cp_timeout() does not synchronize
> with input from sppp_input(), but *does* synchronize
> with sppp_keepalive() which is run off another timer.

In which case you can also use the del_timer return to do
a del_timer_sync/add_timer based protection in some
situations

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/