Re: [PATCH] Driver core: fix race in __device_release_driver
David Woodhouse <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.usb.devel,gmane.linux.kernel |
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On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 12:37 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > Is this something that you all feel is worth getting in for 2.6.24? > Does it fix a regression that just showed up, or is just a bugfix for > something that people finally realized has always been there? The latter. We just happen to kick the wireless device in the head by toggling its out-of-band reset signal when we unload the driver, which causes us to trigger this "unlikely" race with almost 100% reliability. But it's always been there, AFAICT. > Can it wait for 2.6.25 to get some more testing in -mm? Yeah, I think so. -- dwmw2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel