[patch 1/4] ps3fb: thread updates

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Fri Feb 16 04:50:07 EST 2007


On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 04:23:02PM +0100, Geert.Uytterhoeven at sonycom.com wrote:
> +	do {
> +		try_to_freeze();
> +		error = down_interruptible(&ps3fb.sem);
> +		if (!error && !atomic_read(&ps3fb.ext_flip))
>  			ps3fb_sync(0);	/* single buffer */

this still can deadlock when calling kthread_stop.  You really want
to use wake_up_process to kick this thread or use a workqueue.




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