Re: [PATCH] usb:REduce scope of BKL in usbdev_open()

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Am Dienstag, 12. Januar 2010 21:16:52 schrieb Alan Stern:
> On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, Oliver Neukum wrote:

> > OK, I can find no other open this would race with. This leaves
> > two options
> > 
> > a) it is useless
> > b) it locks against something arcane
> > 
> > Which is it?
> 
> I'm pretty sure the answer is a).  It's probably just historical 
> baggage.  (Apart from the lseek issue, for which we could use a 
> different lock.)

OK, I'll assume that.

	Regards
		Oliver
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