Re: Does the block layer prevent races between open() andunregister()?

[Yury V. Umanets]

On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 06:05, Alan Stern wrote:
> A classic race that all drivers for hot-unpluggable devices have to deal 
> with is the race between open() and unregister() (or disconnect()).
> 
> Does the block layer have any mechanism to prevent such races?  Or does it 
> rely on the lower-level drivers handling such things by themselves?
According to usb-skel driver, nobody cares about.

> 
> Alan Stern
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