On Sunday 07 October 2012 11:57:12 Constantine Shulyupin wrote: > From: Constantine Shulyupin <const@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Function skel_open increments usage count for the device with kref_get and the usage count should be decremented on the function failure. > > Some last changes in function skel_open and finally commit > 52a7499 Revert "USB: usb-skeleton.c: fix open/disconnect race" > introduced a bug in function skel_open, which this patch fixes. > > Signed-off-by: Constantine Shulyupin <const@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c | 6 ++++-- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c b/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c > index 0616f23..027005b 100644 > --- a/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c > +++ b/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c > @@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ static int skel_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) > mutex_lock(&dev->io_mutex); > > retval = usb_autopm_get_interface(interface); > - if (retval) > - goto out_err; > + if (retval) { > + kref_put(&dev->kref, skel_delete); > + goto exit; > + } > > /* save our object in the file's private structure */ > file->private_data = dev; Hi, good catch, but the fix is wrong. You also need to drop the lock. Regards Oliver -- 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