Philippe Gerum wrote:
> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> commit 728fc8970e2032b3280971788f1223f3ad82d80d
>> Author: Jan Kiszka <jan.kis...@siemens.com>
>> Date:   Thu Jan 15 11:10:24 2009 +0100
>>
>>     xnpipe: Fix racy callback handlers
>>     
>>     Invocation of input, output and alloc handler must take place under
>>     nklock to properly synchronize with xnpipe_disconnect. Change all
>>     callers to comply with this policy.
>>
> 
> That one is under investigation. I agree on the bug report (thanks btw), but I
> disagree on the fix. Basically, we can't run all hooks under nklock. For
> instance, the alloc_handler may issue kmalloc() calls when issued from the 
> Linux
> write endpoint.

You mean it /could/? Because no in-tree user (ie. native) calls
rt-unsafe services from its alloc_handler.

Jan

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