Re: [stable] [PATCH] usb-serial: fix crash when sub-driver updates firmware

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On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 09:37:28AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 11:25 -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > This patch (as1244) fixes a crash in usb-serial that occurs when a
> > sub-driver returns a positive value from its attach method, indicating
> > that new firmware was loaded and the device will disconnect and
> > reconnect.  The usb-serial core then skips the step of registering the
> > port devices; when the disconnect occurs, the attempt to unregister
> > the ports fails dramatically.
> 
> Greg, dramatically means Oops btw :-)

Heh, yeah, I'll queue this up for .30.

thanks,

greg k-h
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