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Fix deadlock in close()

From: "Øyvind Harboe" <oyvind dot harboe at zylin dot com>
To: "eCos Disuss" <ecos-patches at ecos dot sourceware dot org>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:33:14 +0100
Subject: Fix deadlock in close()
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Allow filing system to access files during close(). Without
this fix, any file access causes a deadlock during
close().

E.g. I've implemented a tftp get/put filing system for our application.


-- 
Øyvind Harboe
http://www.zylin.com - eCos ARM & FPGA  developer kit

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