Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933507AbZIQDZj (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:25:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758370AbZIQDZi (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:25:38 -0400 Received: from netrider.rowland.org ([192.131.102.5]:57959 "HELO netrider.rowland.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1758284AbZIQDZh (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:25:37 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:25:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Alan Stern X-X-Sender: stern@netrider.rowland.org To: Jason Wessel cc: gregkh@suse.de, , Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] usb console: fix mutex lock regression In-Reply-To: <1253156887-31597-2-git-send-email-jason.wessel@windriver.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 723 Lines: 21 On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Jason Wessel wrote: > During the 2.6.32 development the use of serial->disc_mutex was > introduced. In usb_console_setup() the call to > usb_serial_get_by_index() will obtain this mutex. The > usb_console_setup() must release the mutex before it completes else > later calls to the usb serial core will hang. Apparently you didn't see my patch: http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=125209260714221&w=2 Did this not get into linus-next? Greg? Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/