This patch (as1359) fixes a bug in scsi_alloc_target(). After a device structure has been initialized (and especially after its name has been set), it must not be freed directly. One has to call put_device() instead. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Index: usb-2.6/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c =================================================================== --- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c +++ usb-2.6/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c @@ -458,8 +458,7 @@ static struct scsi_target *scsi_alloc_ta found_target->reap_ref++; spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags); if (found_target->state != STARGET_DEL) { - put_device(parent); - kfree(starget); + put_device(dev); return found_target; } /* Unfortunately, we found a dying target; need to -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html