Hi Hans, On Monday 11 October 2010 17:54:07 Hans Verkuil wrote: > On Monday, October 11, 2010 17:48:45 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > > Em 11-10-2010 12:40, Hans Verkuil escreveu: > > > On Sunday, October 10, 2010 19:33:48 David Ellingsworth wrote: > > >> Hans, > > >> > > >> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Hans Verkuil <hverk...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > >>> Hi Mauro, > > >>> > > >>> These are the locking patches. It's based on my previous test tree, > > >>> but with more testing with em28xx and radio-mr800 and some small > > >>> tweaks relating to disconnect handling and video_is_registered(). > > >>> > > >>> I also removed the unused get_unmapped_area file op and I am now > > >>> blocking any further (unlocked_)ioctl calls after the device node is > > >>> unregistered. The only things an application can do legally after a > > >>> disconnect is unmap() and close(). > > >>> > > >>> This patch series also contains a small em28xx fix that I found while > > >>> testing the em28xx BKL removal patch. > > >>> > > >>> Regards, > > >>> > > >>> Hans > > >>> > > >>> The following changes since commit dace3857de7a16b83ae7d4e13c94de8e4b267d2a: > > >>> Hans Verkuil (1): > > >>> V4L/DVB: tvaudio: remove obsolete tda8425 initialization > > >>> > > >>> are available in the git repository at: > > >>> ssh://linuxtv.org/git/hverkuil/v4l-dvb.git bkl > > >>> > > >>> Hans Verkuil (10): > > >>> v4l2-dev: after a disconnect any ioctl call will be blocked. > > >>> v4l2-dev: remove get_unmapped_area > > >>> v4l2: add core serialization lock. > > >>> videobuf: prepare to make locking optional in videobuf > > >>> videobuf: add ext_lock argument to the queue init functions > > >>> videobuf: add queue argument to videobuf_waiton() > > >>> vivi: remove BKL. > > >>> em28xx: remove BKL. > > >>> em28xx: the default std was not passed on to the subdevs > > >>> radio-mr800: remove BKL > > >> > > >> Did you even test these patches? > > > > > > Yes, I did test. And it works for me. But you are correct in that it > > > shouldn't work since the struct will indeed be freed. I'll fix this > > > and post a patch. > > > > > > I'm not sure why it works fine when I test it. > > > > > > There is a problem as well with unlocking before unregistering the > > > device in that it leaves a race condition where another app can open > > > the device again before it is registered. I have to think about that > > > some more. > > > > > >> The last one in the series clearly > > >> breaks radio-mr800 and the commit message does not describe the > > >> changes made. radio-mr800 has been BKL independent for quite some > > >> time. Hans, you of all people should know that calling > > >> video_unregister_device could result in the driver specific structure > > >> being freed. > > > > > > Jeez, relax. I'm human (really!). > > > > > >> The mutex must therefore be unlocked _before_ calling > > >> video_unregister_device. Otherwise you're passing freed memory to > > >> mutex_unlock in usb_amradio_disconnect. > > >> > > >> If each patch had been properly posted to the list, others might have > > >> caught issues like this earlier. Posting a link to a repository is no > > >> substitute for this process. > > >> > > >> Mauro, you should be ashamed for accepting a series that obviously has > > >> issues. > > > > > > Hardly obvious, and definitely not his fault. > > > > Hans, > > > > This is a somewhat recurring discussion at #v4l irc nowadays. Next time, > > please send your patch series first to the ML, tagged with [PATCH RFC] > > especially if they touch ondrivers that you're not the maintainer or > > when you weren't able to test. > > So this is the new policy? Post with [PATCH RFC], wait a few days, then > post a git pull request?
That's a new policy under discussion. I think it's worth being discussed a bit more. http://www.linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.php?date=2010-10-01 and http://www.linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.php?date=2010-10-11 if you want to catch up with the informal discussion. > Should I also do this for long but mechanical conversions like the > 'video_device' to 'v4l2_devnode'rename patch series? I think posting that > would be spamming the list. -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
