[Prism54-devel] Recent changes to reset functionality

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

I'll take care of this, thanks.
	Luis

On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 06:04:10PM +0100, Jens Maurer wrote:
> 
> I've had a look at islpci_reset_if() and
> the function that calls it, islpci_reset().
> 
> I think the general approach is fine (give the card a little
> more time if the interrupt doesn't come through the
> first time), but the implementation has a race condition.
> There is a time window between leaving islpci_reset_if() the
> first time and re-entering it later where a reset interrupt
> would not trigger the wait queue, because no interested
> parties are registered at this moment.
> 
> I suggest moving the "wait a little longer" functionality
> entirely into islpci_reset_if(), and make sure to continue
> to perform adequate waitqueue maintenance there.
> 
> Jens Maurer
> 
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