Re: [linux-usb-devel] devio.c::usbdev_open

2002-07-10 Thread Oliver Neukum
Am Mittwoch, 10. Juli 2002 16:54 schrieb Thomas Sailer: > On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 16:29, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > Here: > > spin_lock_init(&ps->lock); > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ps->async_pending); > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ps->async_completed); > > init_waitqueue_head(&ps->wait); > > init_rw

Re: [linux-usb-devel] devio.c::usbdev_open

2002-07-10 Thread Thomas Sailer
On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 16:29, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Here: > spin_lock_init(&ps->lock); > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ps->async_pending); > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ps->async_completed); > init_waitqueue_head(&ps->wait); > init_rwsem(&ps->devsem); > > you unconditionally reinit locks ..

Re: [linux-usb-devel] devio.c::usbdev_open

2002-07-10 Thread Oliver Neukum
Am Mittwoch, 10. Juli 2002 09:30 schrieb Thomas Sailer: > On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 23:48, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > Here we have an open with no protection at all against reentrancy. > > The comment is absolutely bogus as open can sleep. Very bad. > > What problem is there if usbdev_open is reentered?

Re: [linux-usb-devel] devio.c::usbdev_open

2002-07-10 Thread Thomas Sailer
On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 23:48, Oliver Neukum wrote: > Here we have an open with no protection at all against reentrancy. > The comment is absolutely bogus as open can sleep. Very bad. What problem is there if usbdev_open is reentered? You failed to explain this. I agree that the GFP_KERNEL is a po