Hi Takashi, some oopses here running -rt kernels vanished after applying this. Karsten ------------------------------------------------------------------- snd_hwdep_release() racefix snd_card_file_remove() can free the snd_card. Touch hw->* only before calling snd_card_file_remove(). Unrelated: Allow hwdep devices not to have own ops.release(); Signed-off-by: Karsten Wiese <fzu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- /alsa-kernel/core/hwdep.c_ 2007-01-30 20:32:01.000000000 +0100 +++ /alsa-kernel/core/hwdep.c 2007-01-30 20:32:01.000000000 +0100 @@ -156,15 +156,16 @@ int err = -ENXIO; struct snd_hwdep *hw = file->private_data; struct module *mod = hw->card->module; + mutex_lock(&hw->open_mutex); - if (hw->ops.release) { + if (hw->ops.release) err = hw->ops.release(hw, file); - wake_up(&hw->open_wait); - } if (hw->used > 0) hw->used--; - snd_card_file_remove(hw->card, file); mutex_unlock(&hw->open_mutex); + wake_up(&hw->open_wait); + + snd_card_file_remove(hw->card, file); module_put(mod); return err; } ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel