From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265167AbUENKYp (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2004 06:24:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265172AbUENKYp (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2004 06:24:45 -0400 Received: from marte.lusodigital.net ([216.234.186.41]:33805 "EHLO www.marte.lusodigital.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265167AbUENKYo (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2004 06:24:44 -0400 Subject: Re: PATCH: (as279) Don't delete interfaces until all are unbound From: Nuno Ferreira To: Alan Stern Cc: Greg KH , Duncan Sands , Kernel development list , linux-usb-devel@lists.sf.net In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Graycell Message-Id: <1084530276.4062.1.camel@taz.graycell.biz> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.5.7 Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 11:24:36 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Qui, 2004-05-13 at 13:56 -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > On Thu, 13 May 2004, Duncan Sands wrote: > > > No, but the pointer for another (previous) interface may just have been > > set to NULL, causing an Oops when usb_ifnum_to_if loops over all > > interfaces. > > Of course! I trust you won't mind me changing your suggested fix > slightly. This should do an equally good job of repairing things, and it > will prevent other possible invalid references as well. I've been out of town so I could not test this patch yet. I'll try it later tonight and let you know if it's fixed. Thanks -- Nuno Ferreira