Re: [PATCH 4/5] usb_serial: Kill port mutex

[Oliver Neukum]

Am Mittwoch, 7. Oktober 2009 20:52:21 schrieb Alan Stern:
> However in the option and sierra drivers there is a perverse path from
> close to resume: Both their close methods call
> usb_autopm_get_interface().  This could be removed without much
> trouble; perhaps we should do so.

I am afraid this won't do in the long run. Some drivers will want to
shut down devices by communicating with them in close().

	Regards
		Oliver

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