Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: imx: move del_timer_sync() to avoidpotential deadlock

[Shawn Guo]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 05:39:27AM +0800, Eric Miao wrote:
> del_timer_sync() acquires its own lock and doesn't have to be nested
> within the spinlock of sport->port.lock in imx_set_termios(),  which
> will cause potential deadlock.  Fix this by moving it outside.
> 
> Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Miao <eric.miao@xxxxxxxxxx>

I queued this for 3.3, and will send a pull-request to Greg.

-- 
Regards,
Shawn

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