Re: [PATCH v2] [media] vp702x: fix buffer handling

[Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:11:15 +0200
Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> wrote:

> In my previous change to this driver, I was not aware, that dvb_usb_device_init
> calls the frontend_attach routine which needs a transfer
> buffer. So we can not setup anything private in the probe routine beforehand but
> have to allocate when needed. This means also that we cannot use a private
> buffer mutex to serialize that buffer but instead need to use the
> dvb_usb_device's usb_mutex.
> 
> Fixes: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709440
> 
> Tested-by: Markus Stephan <Markus_Stephan@freenet.de>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
> ---
> 
> So, someone who could test that driver found me after all.
> 
> I renamed the functions to get rid of that ugly and pointless _unlocked suffix I
> deliriously added earlier. Markus tested this patch modulo function renaming. I am
> so shure that this version will still work for him, that I already added his
> Tested-by. *fingerscrossed*


Hi Mauro!
I just checked patchwork and in case you hold off on this because of my
*fingerscrossed* remark above: Markus reported off-list that this
version still works for him. 

Regards,
Flo