Hi Felipe, > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:11 PM > To: Bhupesh SHARMA > Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > spear-devel; linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget/uvc: Remove non-required locking from > 'uvc_queue_next_buffer' routine > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 10:20:37AM +0530, Bhupesh Sharma wrote: > > This patch removes the non-required spinlock acquire/release calls on > > 'queue_irqlock' from 'uvc_queue_next_buffer' routine. > > > > This routine is called from 'video->encode' function (which > translates to either > > 'uvc_video_encode_bulk' or 'uvc_video_encode_isoc') in 'uvc_video.c'. > > As, the 'video->encode' routines are called with 'queue_irqlock' > already held, > > so acquiring a 'queue_irqlock' again in 'uvc_queue_next_buffer' > routine causes > > a spin lock recursion. > > > > Signed-off-by: Bhupesh Sharma <bhupesh.sharma@xxxxxx> > > Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/usb/gadget/uvc_queue.c | 4 +--- > > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > Please use scripts/get_maintainer.pl to determine who to send this to > (hint, it's not me...) > Can you please pick this USB webcam gadget/peripheral specific patch in your tree? Regards, Bhupesh -- 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
