On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 01:54:59PM -0400, cpaul@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > +static int userio_device_write(struct serio *id, unsigned char val) > +{ > + struct userio_device *userio = id->port_data; > + unsigned long flags; > + > + if (!userio) > + return -1; I still have the same question: how can this happen? Where do we reset port data to NULL? What happens if we set to NULL after checking? > + > + spin_lock_irqsave(&userio->buf_lock, flags); > + > + userio->buf[userio->head] = val; > + userio->head = (userio->head + 1) % USERIO_BUFSIZE; > + > + if (userio->head == userio->tail) > + dev_warn(userio_misc.this_device, > + "Buffer overflowed, userio client isn't keeping up"); > + > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&userio->buf_lock, flags); > + > + wake_up_interruptible(&userio->waitq); > + > + return 0; > +} Thanks. -- Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html