Re: driver spin lock and files_lock deadlock question

[Al Viro]

On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 10:59:20PM -0800, Srinivas Kommu wrote:

> It seems this kind of a deadlock can happen with any kernel lock, not 
> just files_lock. What's the driver's mistake here? Is it wrong to call 
> remove_proc_entry() while holding another lock? What is the right thing 
> to do?

remove_proc_entry() is a blocking function...
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