Re: [PATCH] fix bad locking in drivers/base/driver.c

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 07:25:19PM +0100, Jirka Kosina wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> there has been (for quite some time) a bug in function driver_unregister() 
> - the lock/unlock sequence is protecting nothing and the actual 
> bus_remove_driver() is called outside critical section.
> 
> Please apply.

No, please read the comment in the code about why this is the way it is.
The code is correct as is.

Also, please CC the driver core maintainer next time for patches like
this so I don't miss them when they go by.

thanks,

greg k-h
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