From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] driver core: allow userspace to unbind drivers from devices.
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 22:49:43 -0500
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On Tuesday 09 November 2004 07:33 pm, Greg KH wrote:
> All we have to do is rework that rwsem lock.  It's been staring at us
> since the beginning of the driver core work, and we knew it would have
> to be fixed eventually.  So might as well do it now.
> 
...
> 
> So, off to rework this mess...
> 

Do you have any ideas here? For me it seems that the semaphore has a dual
role - protecting bus's lists and ensuring that probe/remove routines are
serialized across bus...

In the meantime, can I please have bind_mode patch applied? I believe
it is useful regardless of which bind/unbind solution will be adopted
and having them will allow me clean up serio bus implementaion quite a
bit.

Pretty please...

-- 
Dmitry
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