Hi Dan, Oh, now I got what you say. Thanks for your patience. I have done the necessary modifications. Re-submitting the patch here Shankar Brahadeeswaran (1): staging: android: ashmem: get_name,set_name not to hold ashmem_mutex drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) -- 1.7.6 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel