Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:34:09 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1 try #2] Char: correct pci_get_device changes |
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On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 04:44:31PM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote: > correct pci_get_device changes > > Commits 881a8c120acf7ec09c90289e2996b7c70f51e996 and > efe1ec27837d6639eae82e1f5876910ba6433c3f corrects pci device matching in > only one way; it no longer oopses/crashes, despite hotplug is not solved in > these changes. > > Whenever pci_find_device -> pci_get_device change is performed, also > pci_dev_get and pci_dev_put should be in most cases called to properly > handle hotplug. This patch does exactly this thing -- increase refcount to > let kernel know, that we are using this piece of HW just now. > > It affects moxa and rio char drivers. > > Cc: <R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl> > Cc: Amit Gud <gud@eth.net> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> > Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
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