Hi. I am reporting a suspected race but at usb_serial_probe() in /drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c of Linux 2.6.30.4. Since I do not have much background, please examine the report and code and let me know your opinions. usb_serial_probe() invokes create_serial() while it holds Big Kernel Lock. However, create_serial() invokes kmalloc() so that BKL might be released and re-taken due to its releasing-on-block semantics. For this reason, usb_serial_probe() may have race condition problem. FYI, a race bug of the similar issue has been reported and patched as commit 85c59580b30c82aa771aa33b37217a6b6851bc14. Thank you. Sincerely Shin Hong -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
