From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] input: use input_mutex instead of BKL when opening input device
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:49:20 +0100
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To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
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Am Mittwoch, 10. M=E4rz 2010 07:20:15 schrieb Dmitry Torokhov:
> > I was willing to let the open call go unprotected. But ended up che=
cking
> > that the three callees were fine (they do not call any of the other
> > functions that take the mutex).
> >=20
> > Since the fops_put/fops_get do protect that section from the handle=
r
> > removal and I can't think of any other race right now, I think your
> > version is really better.
> >=20
> > Acked-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@holoscopio.com>
> >=20
>=20
> OK, applied 2 Thadeu's patches and one Arnd's.

Jiri,

it is possible that this requires a change in usbhid as it uses BKL.
Do you remember?

	Regards
		Oliver