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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:27:08 -0800
From: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com>
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Subject: Re: input.c: start on release
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:57:07 -0500, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com> wrote:

> > To tell you the truth, all I really want is to hold a static mutex
> > across a call to input_close_device(). Can I do that?
> 
> Are you trying to fix locking in mousedev?

Yes.

-- Pete