On 8/24/05, Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Timers appear to operate in an atomic context, so timers should not be > >> allowed to call scsi_remove_device, which eventually schedules. > >> > >> Any suggestions on the best way to fix this? > > > > Workqueue, perhaps. Perhaps. Actually, of course :) The reason these aren't working is because they have never been tested. I sent in my not-entirely-finished patches the night before I left for China for one month. When I get back to Waterloo (Ontario) in September, I should send in revised versions of these patches with the following fixes: - mod_timer instead of delete_timer/change timeout/add_timer - bunch of code cleanups - proper error handling - actually making the patches work. For now, check the list archives for the very first send of the patches (with a resend of patch #3), and use those. Those patches do not use a debounce timer, so can be prone to some failures. However, I wasn't able to get those failures while testing, so at least you can help me test out the overall logic and robustness of my work. Luke Kosewski - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
