Re: Problem since commit c73bbaa4ec3e [rc-core: don't lock device at rc_register_device()]

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Am 27.02.2016 um 19:05 schrieb Mauro Carvalho Chehab:
> Em Sat, 27 Feb 2016 17:10:41 +0100
> Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> 
>> Am 27.02.2016 um 13:14 schrieb Heiner Kallweit:
>>> Since this commit I see the following error when the Nuvoton RC driver is loaded:
>>>
>>> input: failed to attach handler kbd to device input3, error: -22
>>>
>>> Error 22 (EINVAL) comes from the new check in rc_open().
>>>   
>>
>> Complete call chain seems to be:
>>   rc_register_device
>>   input_register_device
>>   input_attach_handler
>>   kbd_connect
>>   input_open_device
>>   ir_open
>>   rc_open
>>
>> rc_register_device calls input_register_device before dev->initialized = true,
>> therefore the new check in rc_open fails. At a first glance I'd say that we have
>> to remove this check from rc_open.
> 
> Hmm... maybe we could, instead, do:
> 
> 	if (!rdev->initialized) {
> 		rval = -ERESTARTSYS;
> 		goto unlock;
> 	}
> 
Looking at the source code of the functions in the call chain I see no special
handling of ERESTARTSYS. It's treated like any other error, therefore I don't
think this helps.

> 
> 
>>
>> Regards, Heiner
>>
> 
> 

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