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SubjectRe: serial core: crash / race condition on unbind
On 03/11/2014 11:35 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> wrote:
>> On 03/11/2014 06:58 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>> /*
>>>>> * Indicate that there isn't a port here anymore.
>>>>> */
>>>>> uport->type = PORT_UNKNOWN;
>>>>>
>>>>> state->uart_port = NULL;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How did this ever work?
>>>>
>>>> Detaching the ll driver from the tty port in this manner is not ok;
>>>> as you already note, it blows up if consoles are still running.
>>>
>>> No one unbinds serial drivers using serial_core, as all these drivers are
>>> for fixed hardware?
>>
>> Yep, never tested until now :)
>> Do you need this to work?
>
> Well, "need" may be a bit strong. Crashes are not so nice.

:)

What I meant was, 'is this a debug situation that I can eventually get to?'
or 'are you on the verge of shipping product and this is a priority?'

Regards,
Peter Hurley



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