linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tty: hold lock across tty buffer finding and buffer filling

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Message-ID: <20120330141920.GA17744@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:19:20 -0700
From:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"Tu, Xiaobing" <xiaobing.tu@...el.com>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	"alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin.zhang@...el.com>,
	"Du, Alek" <alek.du@...el.com>, "Zuo, Jiao" <jiao.zuo@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tty: hold lock across tty buffer finding and buffer
 filling

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:26:27AM +0000, Tu, Xiaobing wrote:
> Hi Greg
>   Even there still a prepare buffer not protected, the patch is still
> good to protect rest case, so this patch is still "nice to have" it
> makes the situation better. for the not-fixed case, we can have
> another patch to address that. Do you agree?

As Alan says, it's in the middle of the merge window right now, and I
can't take any new patches until 3.4-rc1 is out.  It is in my queue to
review when the merge window is over.

patience please,

greg k-h
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