Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.21-ac1 | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 14 Jun 2003 18:59:44 +0100 |
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On Sad, 2003-06-14 at 10:57, walt wrote: > This is the offending line in serialmidi.c: > > if (tty->count > 1) { > snd_printk(KERN_ERR "tty %s is already used", serial->sdev); > > The compilation will finish if I make this change: > > if (atomic_read(&(tty->count)) > 1) { > > Since I don't have a clue what I'm doing this is probably not the right fix :0) > I suspect that changing the alsa code is starting at the wrong end of the > problem anyway.
The tty code changed to atomic counters to fix a race. Your fix is right.
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