On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 11:32:31AM -0800, J wrote: > Thank you for the explanation. > > > serial_close is safe because serial_disconnect > > lowers the refcount > > Sorry, I meant serial_open, as in my original example. > > I am currently trying to fix a legacy 2.4 based USB > driver and I am having various races, > serial_open/usb_serial_disconnect is the most lively. > I am not asking your help in fixing this old 2.4 junk > (in fact I already fixed it using a global semaphore > to protect serial_table).
Which usb-serial driver are you having problems with? What is the oops trace? What version of the 2.4 kernel are you using? And why are you taking the linux-usb-devel list out of the cc:? :) thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/