Re: [CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c

2001-03-23 Thread Junfeng Yang
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Keith Owens wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 02:41:40 -0800 (PST), > Junfeng Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The > >block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with > >either interrupts

Re: [CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c

2001-03-23 Thread Junfeng Yang
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The > > block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with > > either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. ) > > lock_kernel() isnt a spinlock as such. Thanks a

Re: [CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c

2001-03-23 Thread Alan Cox
> Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The > block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with > either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. ) lock_kernel() isnt a spinlock as such. > 2. Can functions like kmem_cache_create,

Re: [CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c

2001-03-23 Thread Keith Owens
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 02:41:40 -0800 (PST), Junfeng Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The >block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with >either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. ) > >It gave us 4

[CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c

2001-03-23 Thread Junfeng Yang
Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. ) It gave us 4 warnings in kernel/module.c. Because we are unaware of the contexts where these functions

[CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c

2001-03-23 Thread Junfeng Yang
Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. ) It gave us 4 warnings in kernel/module.c. Because we are unaware of the contexts where these functions

Re: [CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c

2001-03-23 Thread Keith Owens
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 02:41:40 -0800 (PST), Junfeng Yang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. ) It gave us 4 warnings in

Re: [CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c

2001-03-23 Thread Alan Cox
Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. ) lock_kernel() isnt a spinlock as such. 2. Can functions like kmem_cache_create, kmem_cache_alloc,

Re: [CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c

2001-03-23 Thread Junfeng Yang
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Keith Owens wrote: On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 02:41:40 -0800 (PST), Junfeng Yang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with either interrupts disabled or

Re: [CHECKER] 4 warnings in kernel/module.c

2001-03-23 Thread Junfeng Yang
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Alan Cox wrote: Hi, we modified the block checker and run it again on linux 2.4.1. (The block checker flags an error when blocking functions are called with either interrupts disabled or a spin lock held. ) lock_kernel() isnt a spinlock as such. Thanks a lot. We