Re: [patch 2.6.15-mm4] sem2mutex: drivers/input/, #2

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Sat Jan 14 2006 - 11:42:03 EST


On Saturday 14 January 2006 11:21, Faidon Liambotis wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > @@ -1371,11 +1373,11 @@ static ssize_t psmouse_attr_set_protocol
> > return -EIO;
> > }
> >
> > - up(&psmouse_sem);
> > + mutex_unlock(&psmouse_mutex);
> > serio_unpin_driver(serio);
> > serio_unregister_child_port(serio);
> > serio_pin_driver_uninterruptible(serio);
> > - down(&psmouse_sem);
> > + mutex_lock(&psmouse_mutex);
> Isn't that supposed to be the other way around?
>

No, that's correct. We temporarily dropping the lock to let the serio core
do its job and then reaqcuire it again to finish what we were doing.

--
Dmitry
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