Re: [PATCH] use mutex instead of semaphore in RocketPort driver

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Tue Apr 24 2007 - 13:53:47 EST


Am Dienstag, 24. April 2007 19:49 schrieb Matthias Kaehlcke:
> @@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ static int rp_write(struct tty_struct *tty,
>         if (count <= 0 || rocket_paranoia_check(info, "rp_write"))
>                 return 0;
>  
> -       down_interruptible(&info->write_sem);
> +       mutex_lock_interruptible(&info->write_mtx);

This is a bug. It is also present in the current code, but nevertheless
it is a bug. If you use an interruptible lock, you must be ready to deal
with interrupts, which are ignored by this code.

Regards
Oliver
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