[Cbe-oss-dev] [PATCH] spusched: extend list_mutex coverage

Jeremy Kerr jk at ozlabs.org
Thu Jul 24 09:58:53 EST 2008


> Stable doesn't only mean it's the same, it also implies that it's
> still there.  Without the list_mutex there is no guarantee victim
> hasn't been freed in the meantime.  The same also applies to the
> scheduler thread.

OK, if you want to protect against the context going away, I'd suggest 
using get_spu_context(), if this is possible.

Cheers,


Jeremy



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