From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-ea0-f179.google.com ([209.85.215.179]:35149 "EHLO mail-ea0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754136Ab3LVSBe (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Dec 2013 13:01:34 -0500 Received: by mail-ea0-f179.google.com with SMTP id r15so1963604ead.24 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 10:01:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52B7293C.5010206@googlemail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:02:36 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Frank_Sch=E4fer?= MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Antti Palosaari CC: Linux Media Mailing List Subject: Re: em28xx DEADLOCK reported by lock debug References: <52B1C79C.1070408@iki.fi> <52B5C718.7030605@googlemail.com> <52B5F229.6020301@iki.fi> <52B6EE79.9070105@googlemail.com> <52B6F883.8060103@iki.fi> In-Reply-To: <52B6F883.8060103@iki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am 22.12.2013 15:34, schrieb Antti Palosaari: > On 22.12.2013 15:51, Frank Schäfer wrote: >> Am 21.12.2013 20:55, schrieb Antti Palosaari: >>> On 21.12.2013 18:51, Frank Schäfer wrote: >>>> Hi Antti, >>>> >>>> thank you for reporting this issue. >>>> >>>> Am 18.12.2013 17:04, schrieb Antti Palosaari: >>>>> That same lock debug deadlock is still there (maybe ~4 times I report >>>>> it during 2 years). Is that possible to fix easily at all? >>>> >>>> Patches are always welcome. ;) >>> >>> haha, I cannot simply learn every driver I meet some problems... >> Hint: >> >> If you report a bug ~4 times in 2 years but never get a reply, it >> usually means >> a) nobody cares >> b) nobody has the resources (time, knowledge) to fix it. >> >> So you either have to live with this issue or to fix it yourself. > > OK, as you request me to fix it, I will fix that by making DVB USB v2 > driver for these em28xx devices I have added. > > It should not be very much work as em28xx protocol is still relatively > easy. How would that help to get those lockdep false warnings fixed ? Btw: these warnings should appear for _all_ em28xx extensions (dvb, input, audio). Regards, Frank > > regards > Antti >