Make sure port data is initialised before creating sysfs attributes to avoid a race. A recent patch ("USB: io_ti: fix port-data memory leak") got the sysfs-attribute creation and port-data initialisation ordering wrong. Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c b/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c index 9ae65d6..60023c2 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c @@ -2578,13 +2578,6 @@ static int edge_port_probe(struct usb_serial_port *port) return -ENOMEM; } - ret = edge_create_sysfs_attrs(port); - if (ret) { - kfifo_free(&edge_port->write_fifo); - kfree(edge_port); - return ret; - } - spin_lock_init(&edge_port->ep_lock); edge_port->port = port; edge_port->edge_serial = usb_get_serial_data(port->serial); @@ -2592,6 +2585,13 @@ static int edge_port_probe(struct usb_serial_port *port) usb_set_serial_port_data(port, edge_port); + ret = edge_create_sysfs_attrs(port); + if (ret) { + kfifo_free(&edge_port->write_fifo); + kfree(edge_port); + return ret; + } + return 0; } -- 1.7.12.3 -- 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