Re: [GIT PATCH] USB patches for 2.6.17

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On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 05:32:15PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I would think it's something new too, as I did change that very line
> > that oopsed.  That's why I found it odd that I couldn't reproduce it
> > anymore.
> 
> device_destroy() looks wrong.  It alters the class->devices list outside
> its lock.
> 
> --- 25/drivers/base/core.c~device_destroy-locking-fix	Thu Jun 22 17:29:07 2006
> +++ 25-akpm/drivers/base/core.c	Thu Jun 22 17:29:34 2006
> @@ -632,14 +632,13 @@ void device_destroy(struct class *class,
>  	list_for_each_entry(dev_tmp, &class->devices, node) {
>  		if (dev_tmp->devt == devt) {
>  			dev = dev_tmp;
> +			list_del_init(&dev->node);
>  			break;
>  		}
>  	}
>  	up(&class->sem);
>  
> -	if (dev) {
> -		list_del_init(&dev->node);
> +	if (dev)
>  		device_unregister(dev);
> -	}
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_destroy);
> 
> That won't be it though.

No, and that function doesn't get called for the usb endpoints, it goes
through a different path, that's the problem...  I think I've found it
now, let me reboot a bunch...

thanks,

greg k-h
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