Re: [PATCH] raceless request_region() fix (was Re: Linux 2.6.0-test4)

[Jeff Garzik]

Is it a race if noone cares?  :)

The code does

	if (!request_region(...))
		fail
	touch hardware
	release_region
	if (!request_region(...))
		fail

If the HIGHLY UNLIKELY event of another ISA driver claiming this region 
occurs, the system continues working just fine.

At the time, I was thinking that any further touching of the code should 
be converting it to a more pnp-like structure.

	Jeff



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