Re: [PATCH 1/2] Video: fb, add true ref_count atomicity

Jiri Slaby wrote:

video/fb, add true ref_count atomicity

Some of fb drivers uses atomic_t in bad manner, since there are still some
race-prone gaps. Use mutexes to protect open/close code sections with
ref_count testing and finally use simple uint.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Denis Oliver Kropp <[email protected]>

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