Re: [PATCH] n_gsm: Add Mutex to avoid race when net destroy

[Jiri Slaby]

On 03/01/2013 09:51 AM, channing wrote:
>> It should stop the queue and schedule a workqueue to lock the mutex,
>> unregister the hetdev and reset dlci->net. (Or maybe just call
>> muxnet_put with the lock held.)
> 
> Thanks, Jiri, you're right, I didn't notice that in validation because
> DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP is not enabled in my platform :( Now I'm trying to
> work out the workqueue solution, when it finished I'll re-submit for
> review. What do you mean by "call muxnet_put with lock held"? do you
> mean to use spin lock instead of mutex?

No, I mean, in the newly added scheduled work, to lock the mutex and
simply call muxnet_put. That should fix it, right?

-- 
js
suse labs
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