David Brownell wrote:
> Well, it can be done correctly, and IMHO should be, but
> an "Oops" doesn't fall into that category. Removing strings
> from "devices" would be a workaround, not a solution.
The oopses were caused by bad bugs in the string code...
And the introduction of them was badly timed at a time
where there were still stability problems, which amplified them
and made debugging more difficult
> Again, my point was that the "permission games" sure look like
> they're attempting to paper over locking problems, and that's
> a losing game. (I never wanted to play any such games!)
No, the permission games don't paper over locking problems.
Apart from the control serialisation issue, everything
is safe in the absence of device bugs. And device bugs
can only be handled in the drivers.
> several components that needs to do so"), and there are races
> in the file system naming that can't be solved so long as names
> get reused.
There are no races as far as I know, and if you think there
are, explain them...
Tom
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