linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] LEDS: leds-input, fix sleep inside atomic

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Date:	Sun, 6 Jun 2010 01:45:06 +0200
From:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	rpurdie@...ys.net, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jirislaby@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] LEDS: leds-input, fix sleep inside atomic

Jiri Slaby, le Sat 05 Jun 2010 23:12:22 +0200, a écrit :
> Fix this by changing the spinlock to mutex as it is used only in
> input_handler->connect and ->disconnect and it is safe to sleep
> there.

Right. in a previous patch it was also used in interrupt context, but
now it should be safe indeed.

Andrew, please fold it into the leds-input patch.

> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
> Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>
Acked-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>

BTW, please also Cc authors of files when reporting bugs... :)

Samuel
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