linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: ftdi_sio: Remove tty->low

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Date:	Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:31:18 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Michael Trimarchi <trimarchi@...dalf.sssup.it>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: ftdi_sio: Remove tty->low_latency.

Am Samstag, 3. Oktober 2009 14:28:48 schrieb Johan Hovold:
> +void ftdi_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
[..]
> +       spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
> +       was_throttled = port->throttled;
> +       port->throttled = port->throttle_req = 0;
> +       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
>  
> -       if (actually_throttled)
> -               schedule_delayed_work(&priv->rx_work, 0);
> +       if (was_throttled && !test_bit(ASYNCB_CLOSING, &port->port.flags))
> +               ftdi_submit_read_urb(port, GFP_KERNEL);
>  }

Did you check whether this races with resume()?
If so, you'll need to submit with the spinlock held.

	Regards
		Oliver

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