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author | Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> | 2013-11-08 15:03:24 (GMT) |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-11-12 00:16:43 (GMT) |
commit | 2f3fdcd7ce935f6f2899ceab57dc8fe5286db3e1 (patch) | |
tree | e76f74a1dbd8f00650298df96cc0b5679d7e5db8 /drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c | |
parent | ab3cb2e30ec8223777f6ea4696ba24191ffc5c72 (diff) | |
download | linux-2f3fdcd7ce935f6f2899ceab57dc8fe5286db3e1.tar.xz |
staging: comedi: add rw_semaphore to protect against device detachment
The 'read' and 'write' file operations on comedi devices do not use the
main mutex in the `struct comedi_device` to avoid contention with ioctls
that may take a while to complete. However, it is necessary to protect
against the device being detached while the operation is in progress.
Add member `struct rw_semaphore attach_lock` to `struct comedi_device`
for this purpose and initialize it on creation.
The actual locking and unlocking will be implemented by subsequent
patches. Tasks that are attaching or detaching comedi devices will
write-acquire the new semaphore whilst also holding the main mutex in
the `struct comedi_device`. Tasks that wish to protect against the
comedi device being detached need to acquire either the main mutex, or
read-acquire the new semaphore, or both in that order.
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c index 0d85654..a1705ed 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c @@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ static void comedi_device_init(struct comedi_device *dev) { spin_lock_init(&dev->spinlock); mutex_init(&dev->mutex); + init_rwsem(&dev->attach_lock); dev->minor = -1; } |