During the 2.6.32 development the use of serial->disc_mutex was introduced. In usb_console_setup() the call to usb_serial_get_by_index() will obtain this mutex. The usb_console_setup() must release the mutex before it completes else later calls to the usb serial core will hang. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/serial/console.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/console.c b/drivers/usb/serial/console.c index be086e4..166ba4e 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/console.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/console.c @@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ static int usb_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options) * indicate this port is now acting as a system console. */ port->console = 1; retval = 0; + mutex_unlock(&serial->disc_mutex); out: return retval; -- 1.6.4.rc1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
