linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] serial: samsung: Move uart_register

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:52:09 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Tushar Behera <tushar.behera@...aro.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-serial <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-samsung-soc <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
	jslaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] serial: samsung: Move uart_register_driver call to
 device probe

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:35:41PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > The first bit is easy... but we need to add locks to every serial
> > driver to prevent two probes operating concurrently...
> 
> The bus probe should already be serializing surely ?

Yes, it better be, otherwise that bus is badly broken.

greg k-h
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/