linux-kernel - Re: serial core: crash / race condition on unbind

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Message-ID: <20140311120034.632ff833@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk>
Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:00:34 +0000
From:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: serial core: crash / race condition on unbind

> > No one unbinds serial drivers using serial_core, as all these drivers are
> > for fixed hardware?
> 
> Yep, never tested until now :)
> Do you need this to work?
> 
> > Hot-pluggable usb-serial doesn't use serial_core.
> 
> I guess none of the 8250 PCI adapters are hot-pluggable...

pcmcia 8250 certainly was and worked - but then I've not had pcmcia ports
in years 8)

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