Re: [PATCH] Sierra: fix oops upon device close

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On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 09:50:14AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> This patch (as1263) fixes a mixup that occurred when conflicting
> patches for the sierra driver were merged incorrectly.  The former
> sierra_shutdown routine should have been become sierra_release, not
> sierra_disconnect.
> 
> The symptom this fixes is an oops when the device file is closed after
> a Sierra device has been unplugged (Bugzilla #13675).

Ick, sorry about that, this is probably my merge fault.

> Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Peter Naulls <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> 
> This bug fix needs to get into 2.6.31.

I will put it in the proper queue.

thanks,

greg k-h
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