Hi, Iet's kill BKL where we can. This is relative to the last patch to the skeleton driver.
Regards Oliver Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- --- a/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c 2007-03-01 22:57:09.000000000 +0100 +++ b/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c 2007-03-01 23:02:33.000000000 +0100 @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ }; MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(usb, skel_table); +/* to prevent a race between open and disconnect */ +static DEFINE_MUTEX(skel_open_lock); + /* Get a minor range for your devices from the usb maintainer */ #define USB_SKEL_MINOR_BASE 192 @@ -80,8 +83,10 @@ subminor = iminor(inode); + mutex_lock(&skel_open_lock); interface = usb_find_interface(&skel_driver, subminor); if (!interface) { + mutex_unlock(&skel_open_lock); err ("%s - error, can't find device for minor %d", __FUNCTION__, subminor); retval = -ENODEV; @@ -90,12 +95,15 @@ dev = usb_get_intfdata(interface); if (!dev) { + mutex_unlock(&skel_open_lock); retval = -ENODEV; goto exit; } /* increment our usage count for the device */ kref_get(&dev->kref); + /* now we can drop the lock */ + mutex_unlock(&skel_open_lock); /* prevent the device from being autosuspended */ retval = usb_autopm_get_interface(interface); @@ -361,14 +369,14 @@ int minor = interface->minor; /* prevent skel_open() from racing skel_disconnect() */ - lock_kernel(); + mutex_lock(&skel_open_lock); dev = usb_get_intfdata(interface); usb_set_intfdata(interface, NULL); /* give back our minor */ usb_deregister_dev(interface, &skel_class); - unlock_kernel(); + mutex_unlock(&skel_open_lock); /* prevent more I/O from starting */ mutex_lock(&dev->io_mutex); ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel