On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 05:40:53PM -0800, Elina Pasheva wrote: > Subject: [PATCH 001/001] USB: serial: sierra driver indat_callback fix > From: Elina Pasheva <epasheva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > A crash has been reported with sierra driver on disconnect with > Ubuntu/Lucid distribution based on kernel-2.6.32. > The cause of the crash was determined as "NULL tty pointer > was being referenced" and the NULL pointer was passed by > sierra_indat_callback(). > This patch modifies sierra_indat_callback() function to check > for NULL tty structure pointer. This modification prevents > a crash from happening when the device is disconnected. > This patch fixes the bug reported in Launchpad: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/511157 > Signed-off-by: Elina Pasheva <epasheva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c | 19 +++++++++++-------- > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > --- a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c 2010-01-28 15:26:09.000000000 -0800 > +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c 2010-01-28 15:28:15.000000000 -0800 > @@ -603,14 +603,17 @@ static void sierra_indat_callback(struct > } else { > if (urb->actual_length) { > tty = tty_port_tty_get(&port->port); > - > - tty_buffer_request_room(tty, urb->actual_length); > - tty_insert_flip_string(tty, data, urb->actual_length); > - tty_flip_buffer_push(tty); > - > - tty_kref_put(tty); > - usb_serial_debug_data(debug, &port->dev, __func__, > - urb->actual_length, data); > + if (tty) { > + tty_buffer_request_room(tty, > + urb->actual_length); > + tty_insert_flip_string(tty, data, > + urb->actual_length); > + tty_flip_buffer_push(tty); > + > + tty_kref_put(tty); > + usb_serial_debug_data(debug, &port->dev, > + __func__, urb->actual_length, data); > + } > } else { > dev_dbg(&port->dev, "%s: empty read urb" > " received\n", __func__); Your patch has no tabs, your email client ate them up and spit out spaces, so this patch can not be applied :( greg k-h -- 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
