On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:01:50 -0800, Daniel Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Then in usu_probe_thread() your basically stopping it at the start of > the function with a down(), and the up() is just ancillary .. So you > could easily move the up() further down in the function and still have > the same level of exclusion.. The unfortunate complication here is request_module. I didn't want to keep a semaphore locked across it, in case child waits for something. I wonder if there may be some deadlock that we cannot foresee. But I guess it won't hurt to try. I tested the patch and it seems to work ok. -- Pete -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
