Re: tx_timeout and timer serialisation

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>]

   Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 15:22:27 +1000
   From: Andrew Morton <andrewm@xxxxxxxxxx>

   I have just written a little kernel module which has confirmed that the
   handler-keeps-running-after-del_timer bug exists in both 2.2.14 and
   2.3.99-pre9.  Not good.  Very not good, IMO.

I just noticed this thread, and has del_timer_sync been mentioned yet?
That is what should be used to make sure the timer is done in 2.3.x,
unless something else prevents it's usage (locking conflict).

   ( I wanna know why my kernel thread shows up in ps as "insmod
   timertest.o" but everyone else's has nifty names like "[kflushd]" )

sprintf(current->comm, "nifty name");

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@xxxxxxxxxx