Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:27:30 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/5] Char: isicom, fix probe race |
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On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:09:48 +0100 (CET) Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> wrote:
> isicom, fix probe race > > Fix two race conditions in the probe function with mutex. > > ... > > static int __devinit isicom_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, > const struct pci_device_id *ent) > { > + static DEFINE_MUTEX(probe_lock);
hm. How can isicom_probe() race with itself? Even with the dreaded multithreaded-pci-probing? It's only called once, by a single thread.
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