On Thursday 02 April 2009 20:25:10 Alexey Klimov wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Hans Verkuil wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >> So, questions are:
> >>
> >> 1) What for is lock/unlock_kernel() used in open?
> >
> > It's pointless. Just remove it.
>
> Actually, i can see lock/unlock_kernel() in
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Hans Verkuil wrote:
[...]
>> So, questions are:
>>
>> 1) What for is lock/unlock_kernel() used in open?
>
> It's pointless. Just remove it.
Actually, i can see lock/unlock_kernel() in open in other V4L drivers too.
What for is it used in other drivers?
>> 2) Ca
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 23:00:56 Alexey Klimov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Few days ago Alessio Igor Bogani sent me patch
> that removes BKLs like lock/unlock_kernel() in open call and place mutex
> there in media/radio/radio-mr800.c.
> This patch broke the driver, so we figured out new approah. We adde
Hello,
Few days ago Alessio Igor Bogani sent me patch
that removes BKLs like lock/unlock_kernel() in open call and place mutex
there in media/radio/radio-mr800.c.
This patch broke the driver, so we figured out new approah. We added one
more mutex lock that was used in open call. The patch is below
