Re: [PATCH 2/4] isicom: switch to the new tty_port_open helper

From: Alan Cox
Date: Thu Oct 08 2009 - 09:14:07 EST


On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:11:01 +0200
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 10/07/2009 04:46 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
> > - if (port->port.flags & ASYNC_INITIALIZED)
> > - return 0;
> > - if (tty_port_alloc_xmit_buf(&port->port) < 0)
> > + if (tty_port_alloc_xmit_buf(tport) < 0)
>
> I think this won't work well with 1/4. ->activate is called with
> port->port.mutex (the name in this context), but tty_port_alloc_xmit_buf
> wants it again.

Ok fixed that the simple way the buffer allocator now has its own private
mutex. Any other problems strike you ?
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