Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] acm: fix deadlock and bogus loop (Was Re: [Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] acm: Further fixes after grant-table changes.)

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20/2/07 19:00, "Stefan Berger" <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I saw that sha_copy is used and a copy is being made of the shared entry. Is the copy necessary considering that there's a spinlock or could we not rather use a pointer? 

Why are you looking at the shared grant table at all, when it’s the active table that tells you with certainty which grant entries are in use?

 -- Keir



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