Re: [PATCH 1/3] posix-timers: remove idr_lock

[Eric Dumazet]

Le vendredi 10 juin 2011 Ã 13:13 -0700, Andi Kleen a Ãcrit :
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> idr_lock is only used to protect the global posix_timers idr,
> but idr does its own locking (or RCUing) anyways and doesn't
> need it. So remove it.

Are you sure of this assertion Andi ?

I believe we need an external synchronization before calling
idr_remove() / idr_get_new()



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