Re: [RFC] cdc-acm: Fix potential deadlock (lockdep warning)

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Wed Nov 23 2011 - 14:33:42 EST


Am Mittwoch, 23. November 2011, 20:22:33 schrieb Alan Cox:
> and on the open side they provide their own install() method which
> nicely avoids all the nasty locking problems and lets them use the
> standard tty_port_open/close/hangup etc rather than the partial ones.
>
> It might be worth turning the ACM driver to work the same way as it'll
> save doing that work later to achieve the same use of
> tty_port_open/close/..
>
> The main thing is the use of install - which lets you plug the USB and
> tty bits together during the lookup of the device.

Which driver is the best example?

Regards
Oliver

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