netdev - Re: [PATCH 01/02] hso patch to fix a -EIO from opening a hso serial device

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:04:20 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Denis Joseph Barrow <D.Barow@...ion.com>
Cc:	Linux USB kernel mailing list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux netdev Mailing list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Serial <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/02] hso patch to fix a -EIO from opening a hso serial
 device

> Your fix works too I suspect better than mine & since you've a better idea of what
> you are doing with tty layer than I do we'll stick with
> your fix.

Ok. 

> Do you want me to switch off the low latency stuff in the
> driver?

Lets leave it for now - it can get sorted properly when everything is
stable - no rush.

> I also need to investigate the tty_kref_put & tty_kref_get
> & when it was added to the kernel so I can fix stuff for our
> internal driver

About 2.6.27/28 and while it closes some small race conditions on exit
its not essential so probably not worth worrying about for older kernels
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html