On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 2:44 AM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 12:10:23PM -0400, Pascal Giard wrote: > > This commit fixes a freeze on insertion of a Guitar Hero Live PS3/WiiU > > USB dongle. Indeed, with the current implementation, inserting one of > > those USB dongles will lead to a hard freeze. I apologize for not > > catching this earlier, it didn't occur on my old laptop. > > > > While the issue was isolated to memory alloc/free, I could not figure > > out why it causes a freeze. So this patch fixes this issue by > > simplifying memory allocation and usage. > > > > We remind that for the dongle to work properly, a control URB needs to > > be sent periodically. We used to alloc/free the URB each time this URB > > needed to be sent. > > > > With this patch, the memory for the URB is allocated on the probe, reused > > for as long as the dongle is plugged in, and freed once the dongle is > > unplugged. > > > > Signed-off-by: Pascal Giard <pascal.giard@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/hid/hid-sony.c | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- > > 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-) > > <formletter> > > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the > stable kernel tree. Please read: > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html > for how to do this properly. > > </formletter> Dear Greg, I apologize for failing to follow the procedure. I had already read these guidelines, and I actually thought I was following Option 1 :-/ I thought that I had to get my patch merged into next first (patch against dtor's git) and that by adding stable@ as CC, it would automatically get considered for inclusion into stable once merged into Linus' tree. Based on your email, I got that wrong... So I sent my patch to the right place BUT my patch should be against this [1] tree instead? Thank you for your patience, -Pascal [1] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
