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. -- Changelog: -- Fixed accordinly feedback of Oliver Neukum oneukum@xxxxxxx: also need to drop the lock. Signed-off-by: Constantine Shulyupin <const@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c b/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c index 0616f23..2025d03 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c +++ b/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c @@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ 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); + } /* save our object in the file's private structure */ file->private_data = dev; -- 1.7.9.5 -- 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