linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] firmware: Avoid superfluous usermodehelper lock

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Date:	Thu, 9 May 2013 09:25:35 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] firmware: Avoid superfluous usermodehelper lock

On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:51 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> wrote:
>> In other words, the first patch is no essential part of the fix.
>> I can revisit the second patch without this one and resend if
>> preferred.
>
> FWIW, below is the revised patch.
> It's alone without the patch 1 in the previous series.

The root cause is that your user space loader doesn't follow the
current firmware loader interface.

IMO, the patch is unnecessary since we already have the timeout
abort(just need one patch to enable it for nowait api)

Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
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