Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 18 May 2001 10:22:06 -0500 | From | Al Borchers <> | Subject | Re: [patch] 2.4.0, 2.2.18: A critical problem with tty_io.c |
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Alan Cox wrote: > Add an 'owner' field to the objects we are using. Then we can lock the tty > and the ldisc from the tyy_io code rather than in serial.c and friends. This > removes the unload during open/close races we currently have in serial.c > > Take a look at videodev.c for a fairly clear example.
Andrew Morton wrote: > I have a work-in-non-progress here which addresses a few of > these things. It would be good if someone could review it > and finish it off...
I will take a look.
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