Re: [PATCH] Driver core: fix race in __device_release_driver
Greg KH <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.usb.devel,gmane.linux.kernel |
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On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 03:45:55PM -0500, David Woodhouse wrote: > 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. Thanks for letting me know, I'll add it to the proper place in my queue. greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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