From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Huber Andreas <hobrom@corax.at>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>,
Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>,
Steven Toth <stoth@kernellabs.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH v2 0/7] locking fixes for cx88
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 13:17:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110405181700.GA28181@elie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110405032014.GA4498@elie>
Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder (7):
> [media] cx88: protect per-device driver list with device lock
> [media] cx88: fix locking of sub-driver operations
> [media] cx88: hold device lock during sub-driver initialization
> [media] cx88: use a mutex to protect cx8802_devlist
> [media] cx88: handle attempts to use unregistered cx88-blackbird
> driver
> [media] cx88: don't use atomic_t for core->mpeg_users
> [media] cx88: don't use atomic_t for core->users
Good news: Andreas Huber <hobrom@gmx.at> tested on a PC with 2
Hauppauge HVR1300 TV cards.
He writes:
> Hi Jonathan, I'm glad to say it works! No more deadlocks,
> no more reference count issues.
>
> I did some stress testing on the driver load and unload mechanism
> with and without the video devices being in use. And it was
> handled all very well.
>
> Great job, thanks!
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-05 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20110327150610.4029.95961.reportbug@xen.corax.at>
2011-03-27 15:28 ` [linux-dvb] cx88-blackbird broken (since 2.6.37) Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-02 9:38 ` [RFC/PATCH 0/3] locking fixes for cx88 Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-02 9:41 ` [PATCH 1/3] [media] cx88: protect per-device driver list with device lock Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-02 9:41 ` [PATCH 2/3] [media] cx88: fix locking of sub-driver operations Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-02 9:44 ` [PATCH 3/3] [media] cx88: use a mutex to protect cx8802_devlist Jonathan Nieder
[not found] ` <4D971B8D.4040305@corax.at>
2011-04-02 19:29 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-02 20:13 ` Andreas Huber
2011-04-04 2:12 ` Andreas Huber
2011-04-05 1:16 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-02 14:05 ` [RFC/PATCH 0/3] locking fixes for cx88 Andreas Huber
2011-04-02 15:19 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-04-02 18:30 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-05 3:20 ` [RFC/PATCH v2 0/7] " Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-05 3:22 ` [PATCH 1/7] [media] cx88: protect per-device driver list with device lock Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-05 3:25 ` [PATCH 2/7] [media] cx88: fix locking of sub-driver operations Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-05 3:27 ` [PATCH 3/7] [media] cx88: hold device lock during sub-driver initialization Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-05 3:27 ` [PATCH 4/7] [media] cx88: use a mutex to protect cx8802_devlist Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-05 3:29 ` [PATCH 5/7] [media] cx88: gracefully reject attempts to use unregistered cx88-blackbird driver Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-05 3:30 ` [PATCH 6/7] [media] cx88: don't use atomic_t for core->mpeg_users Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-05 3:31 ` [PATCH 7/7] [mpeg] cx88: don't use atomic_t for core->users Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-05 3:41 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-05 18:17 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
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