Re: [PATCH 3.9-stable] USB: serial: clean up chars_in_buffer

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On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 05:26:29PM +0800, Lingzhu Xiang wrote:
> Commit 4746b6c6efcdc3f5ef84f0bc2c39707c6b4e5e24 upstream.
> 
> Backported for 3.9-stable. Adjusted context.
> 
> From: Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> No need to grab disconnect mutex in chars_in_buffer now that no
> sub-driver is or should be querying hardware buffers anymore. (They
> should use wait_until_sent.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lingzhu Xiang <lxiang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Why is this needed in the 3.9-stable tree?  Are you sure all the drivers
are fixed up there?  What bug does this fix?

thanks,

greg k-h
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