Re: cleanup of hiddev

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Am Dienstag, 4. November 2008 16:33:49 schrieb Jiri Slaby:
> Oliver Neukum napsal(a):
> > Yes, I see. However, the device must not be registered before the table
> > is correctly filled and the minor must be filled out before. A mutex then?
> 
> It's enough to assign the hiddev_table after the register, isn't it?
> Actually, it's how it's done now... BTW what was the reason to move with that?

No, you have a race condition where open() for an announced device
will fail.

	Regards
		Oliver

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