On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:50:56AM +0800, marui wrote: > 1. I find this bug on OpenSUSE 11.3 which kernel vesion is 2.6.34, but the latest kernel vesion 2.6.36-rc7 aslo have this bug. This patch is based on the kernel of 2.6.36-rc7. > 2. Bug report: > a. Install huawei datacard dashboard on OpenSUSE 11.3 > b. Plug in huawei datacard into OpenSUSE 11.3 which kernel verison is 2.6.36-rc7 > c. After the dashboard has detected the device, I pull out the usb datacard > d. close datashboard,then kernel panic will happen in usbserial_cleanup function. What does the "dashboard" program do? Hold the port open? > 3. fix the bug: > I find usbserial_cleanup should judge the usb device wheher has been disconnected firtly. > > > diff -uprN -X linux-2.6.36-rc7-orig/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.36-rc7-orig/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c linux-2.6.36-rc7/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c > > --- linux-2.6.36-rc7_orig/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c 2010-10-06 16:39:52.000000000 -0400 > +++ linux-2.6.36-rc7/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c 2010-10-14 20:59:47.000000000 -0400 > @@ -328,6 +328,20 @@ static void serial_cleanup(struct tty_st > /* The console is magical. Do not hang up the console hardware > * or there will be tears. > */ > + dbg("%s start\n",__func__); > + if(NULL == port) > + { > + dbg("%s NULL == port\n",__func__); > + return; We don't need to keep the dbg statements here, do we? > + } > + mutex_lock(&port->serial->disc_mutex); > + if (port->serial->disconnected) > + { > + dbg("%s port->serial->disconnected\n",__func__); > + return_serial(port->serial); > + return; You can't return with a lock held. > + } > + mutex_unlock(&port->serial->disc_mutex); > if (port->port.console) > return; Your tabs and spaces got all mixed up, and it can't be applied. Also, I need a "Signed-off-by:" line to be able to accept it. Care to read the file Documentation/SubmittingPatches for how to format a patch so we can take it? Also, run the patch through scripts/checkpatch.pl and resolve the coding style issues before resending please. thanks, 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