On Tue, 15 May 2007 05:10:36 +0200, Oliver Neukum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>       rv = usblp_rwait_and_lock(usblp, !!(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK));
>       if (rv < 0) {
>               count = rv;
>               goto done;
>       }
> 
> If you get a signal, the mutex will _not_ be locked, yet it'll be unlocked.

You are quite right, thanks. The oddest thing though, I tested this
path by running cat </dev/usb/lp0 and ^C, and nothing bad happened.
Mutex debugging didn't catch it.

> 2. usblp_write():     
>       if ((rv = usb_submit_urb(usblp->writeurb, GFP_KERNEL)) < 0) {
>                       usblp->wcomplete = 1;
>                       usblp->wstatus = 0;
>                       mutex_unlock (&usblp->mut);
>                       return writecount ? writecount : -EIO;
> 
> At least ENOMEM we'd probably like to report as such.

Actually yes, I did not preserve what the old driver did here, sorry.
But oddly enough, it only returned ENOMEM for writes, but not reads.
I changed this to match the legacy.

-- Pete

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