Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Does the block layer prevent races between open() and unregister()? | From | "Yury V. Umanets" <> | Date | Wed, 03 Mar 2004 10:06:48 +0200 |
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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.
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