The driver would return with a nonzero open count in case the reset control request failed. This would prevent any further attempts to open the char dev until the device was disconnected. Fix this by incrementing the open count only on successful open. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c index 4fa999882635..44d6a3381804 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c @@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ static int tower_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *file) retval = -EBUSY; goto unlock_exit; } - dev->open_count = 1; /* reset the tower */ result = usb_control_msg (dev->udev, @@ -388,13 +387,14 @@ static int tower_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *file) dev_err(&dev->udev->dev, "Couldn't submit interrupt_in_urb %d\n", retval); dev->interrupt_in_running = 0; - dev->open_count = 0; goto unlock_exit; } /* save device in the file's private structure */ file->private_data = dev; + dev->open_count = 1; + unlock_exit: mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); -- 2.23.0