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DateWed, 3 Mar 2004 10:34:37 -0500 (EST)
FromAlan Stern <>
SubjectRe: Does the block layer prevent races between open() and unregister()?
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Yury V. Umanets wrote:

> On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 06:05, Alan Stern wrote:
> > A classic race that all drivers for hot-unpluggable devices have to deal 
> > with is the race between open() and unregister() (or disconnect()).
> > 
> > Does the block layer have any mechanism to prevent such races?  Or does it 
> > rely on the lower-level drivers handling such things by themselves?
> According to usb-skel driver, nobody cares about.

The usb-skeleton isn't relevant to this question because it doesn't use 
the block layer.

Alan Stern

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