When unbinding a device on the host which was still attached on the client, I got a NULL pointer dereference on the client. This turned out to be due to kthread_stop() being called on an already dead kthread. Here is how I was able to reproduce the problem: server:# usbip bind -b 1-2 client:# usbip attach -h server -b 1-2 server:# usbip unbind -b 1-2 This patch fixes the problem by checking the kthread before attempting to kill it, as it is done on the opposite side in stub_shutdown_connection(). Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_hcd.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_hcd.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_hcd.c index 359b464..fab8eeb 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_hcd.c +++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_hcd.c @@ -844,9 +844,9 @@ static void vhci_shutdown_connection(struct usbip_device *ud) } /* kill threads related to this sdev, if v.c. exists */ - if (vdev->ud.tcp_rx) + if (vdev->ud.tcp_rx && !task_is_dead(vdev->ud.tcp_rx)) kthread_stop(vdev->ud.tcp_rx); - if (vdev->ud.tcp_tx) + if (vdev->ud.tcp_tx && !task_is_dead(vdev->ud.tcp_tx)) kthread_stop(vdev->ud.tcp_tx); pr_info("stop threads\n"); -- 1.7.5.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel