linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] sound: line6: Fix race condition in line6

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Date:   Tue, 18 May 2021 00:03:58 +0900
From:   Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>
To:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:     Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>,
        Vasily Khoruzhick <anarsoul@...il.com>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] sound: line6: Fix race condition in line6_probe

On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 04:57:28PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Yes, there can be likely a few other holes in this driver, but for
> fixing them, we'd need an actual test device.  The initialization
> procedure of this device seems complex (multi-staged) and very
> sensitive.
> Takashi

Yeap, this driver is so complex,
and I agree that we need actual device to test
if we do that big scale of refactoring.

Sadly I don't have one :(

Thanks,
Hyeonggon