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

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:59:34AM +0800, Lingzhu Xiang wrote:
> On 06/15/2013 06:35 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >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?
> 
> Because you wanted to apply it to the 3.9-stable tree and asked for
> a backport? Anyway if you've changed your mind, feel free to drop
> this.

Yes, you should have read the email thread that we discussed this a bit
more, I ended up dropping a number of different patches, and this one is
not needed anymore.

thanks,

greg k-h
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html




[Index of Archives]     [Linux Kernel]     [Kernel Development Newbies]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite Hiking]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]