Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Driver core: fix race in __device_release_driver | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:45:55 -0500 |
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On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 12:37 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > Is this something that you all feel is worth getting in for 2.6.24? > Does it fix a regression that just showed up, or is just a bugfix for > something that people finally realized has always been there?
The latter. We just happen to kick the wireless device in the head by toggling its out-of-band reset signal when we unload the driver, which causes us to trigger this "unlikely" race with almost 100% reliability. But it's always been there, AFAICT.
> Can it wait for 2.6.25 to get some more testing in -mm?
Yeah, I think so.
-- dwmw2
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