The code expects the loop to end with "retries" set to zero but, because it is a post-op, it will end set to -1. I have fixed this by moving the decrement inside the loop. Fixes: 014aa2a3c32e ('USB: ipaq: minor ipaq_open() cleanup.') Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c index f51a5d5..ec1b8f2 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ipaq.c @@ -531,7 +531,8 @@ static int ipaq_open(struct tty_struct *tty, * through. Since this has a reasonably high failure rate, we retry * several times. */ - while (retries--) { + while (retries) { + retries--; result = usb_control_msg(serial->dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(serial->dev, 0), 0x22, 0x21, 0x1, 0, NULL, 0, 100); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html