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Re: merge coming soon: jmcneill-usbmp

To: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky%c2i.net@localhost>
Subject: Re: merge coming soon: jmcneill-usbmp
From: David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 07:38:20 +0000

On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 10:10:30PM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
 > If two SMP enabled stacks have each their lock, and they are
 > calling each other, that means any callbacks must go unlocked,
 > because else you can get a LOR (locking order reversal). Agree?

No. If this is an issue, the locking has entirely the wrong structure.

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost

References:
- re: merge coming soon: jmcneill-usbmp
  - From: matthew green
- Re: merge coming soon: jmcneill-usbmp
  - From: Hans Petter Selasky

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