From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 18 May 2001 11:47:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 18 May 2001 11:47:33 -0400 Received: from conn.mc.mpls.visi.com ([208.42.156.2]:32154 "HELO conn.mc.mpls.visi.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 18 May 2001 11:47:23 -0400 Message-ID: <3B053E1E.CA57DC6A@steinerpoint.com> Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 10:22:06 -0500 From: Al Borchers Reply-To: alborchers@steinerpoint.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.5-15 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, tytso@mit.edu, Peter Berger , andrewm@uow.edu.au Subject: Re: [patch] 2.4.0, 2.2.18: A critical problem with tty_io.c In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > Add an 'owner' field to the objects we are using. Then we can lock the tty > and the ldisc from the tyy_io code rather than in serial.c and friends. This > removes the unload during open/close races we currently have in serial.c > > Take a look at videodev.c for a fairly clear example. Andrew Morton wrote: > I have a work-in-non-progress here which addresses a few of > these things. It would be good if someone could review it > and finish it off... I will take a look. -- Al