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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!

      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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