From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Oliver Neukum <oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/usbnet: avoid recursive locking in usbnet_stop()
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:42:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F4277DD.3090204@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201202201721.38136.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
On 02/20/2012 05:21 PM, Oliver Neukum wrote:
>> defer_bh() takes the lok which is hold during unlink_urbs(). The safe
>> walk suggest that the skb will be removed from the list and this is done
>> by defer_bh() so it seems to be okay to drop the lock here.
>
> I am afraid there's something wrong in the hcd driver. Async unlink must
> be possible with a lock held. I cannot approve this patch.
Hmmm. The comment above unlink() says that. Looking through other hcds
it seems that musb is not the only one doing it wrong. Oh well...
>
> Regards
> Oliver
Sebastian
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-20 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-20 16:01 [PATCH] net/usbnet: avoid recursive locking in usbnet_stop() Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2012-02-20 16:21 ` Oliver Neukum
[not found] ` <201202201721.38136.oliver-GvhC2dPhHPQdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-20 16:42 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior [this message]
[not found] ` <4F4277DD.3090204-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-20 20:31 ` Alan Stern
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1202201524290.11040-100000-pYrvlCTfrz9XsRXLowluHWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-20 21:02 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
[not found] ` <4F42B4E4.5090100-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-20 21:40 ` Alan Stern
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1202201638330.13111-100000-pYrvlCTfrz9XsRXLowluHWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-22 19:45 ` [PATCH] usb/core: remove "always" from usb_unlink_urb() kernel doc entry Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
[not found] ` <20120222194510.GA6964-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-22 20:28 ` Alan Stern
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1202221525210.1311-100000-IYeN2dnnYyZXsRXLowluHWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-29 22:04 ` [PATCH v2] " Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2012-03-05 21:25 ` [PATCH] net/usbnet: avoid recursive locking in usbnet_stop() Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2012-03-05 21:40 ` David Miller
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