Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:27:00 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: Updated Linux 2.4 issues page |
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On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 03:53:27PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > o usbpl_{read,write}(): on UP concurrent read/write > > operations could corrupt the urb structures if > > copy_to_user sleeps, on SMP it's worse. > > Again, what does this refer to? What functions, and in what files? There > is no usbpl_ functions and I can't find any past references to them. > Does anyone know what this means? > > If not, I guess it isn't a problem :)
Sounds like it could be usblp_{read,write}, in printer.c. The thing I don't see, how the corruption could happen there - both write and read use separate URBs.
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