Em 24-09-2011 17:54, Chris Rankin escreveu: > This fixes the deadlock that occurs with either multiple PCTV 290e adapters or when a single PCTV 290e adapter is replugged. > > For DVB devices, the device lock must now *not* be held when adding/removing either a device or an extension to the respective lists. (Because em28xx_init_dvb() will want to take the lock instead). > > Conversely, for Audio-Only devices, the device lock *must* be held when adding/removing either a device or an extension to the respective lists. > > Signed-off-by: Chris Rankin <ranki...@xxxxxxxxx> Ok, I've applied it, but it doesn't sound a good idea to me to do: + mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); em28xx_init_extension(dev); + mutex_lock(&dev->lock); I'll later test it with some hardware and see how well this behaves in practice. Thanks, Mauro -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
