Re: em28xx: dvb lock bug on re-plug of device?

[Steve Kerrison <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Re-sending due to HTML accident.

Thank you Devin, that is useful to know. It means I can have some
confidence in the problem not being caused by my actions. I will focus
my efforts on getting the device working in spite of this, but might
have a chance to look into this bug thereafter.

Regards,
-- 
Steve Kerrison MEng Hons.
http://www.stevekerrison.com/ 

On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 11:07 -0500, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Steve Kerrison <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I wonder if Devin/Mauro could help me with something as I've run into a
> > problem developing a driver for the PCTV 290e?
> >
> > First plug of the device works fine, em28xx and em28xx_dvb are loaded.
> > However, if I disconnect and then re-plug the device, the em28xx_dvb
> > module will hang in dvb_init() where it performs mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> I saw this too and brought it to Mauro's attention some months ago
> (because I believed strongly it was related to locking changes).  It
> looks like he never did anything to address it though (and I've been
> working on other bridges so haven't had any time to dig into it).
> 
> So, for what it's worth, I can confirm the problem that you are experiencing.
> 
> Devin
> 

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