Re: [PATCH] usbcore: compare and release one bos descriptor in usb_reset_and_verify_device()

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On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 08:37:57PM +0300, Xenia Ragiadakou wrote:
> In usb_reset_and_verify_device(), hub_port_init() allocates a new bos
> descriptor to hold the value read by the device. The new bos descriptor
> has to be compared with the old one in order to figure out if device 's
> firmware has changed in which case the device has to be reenumerated.
> In the original code, none of the two descriptors was deallocated leading
> to memory leaks.
> 
> This patch compares the old bos descriptor with the new one to detect change
> in firmware and releases the newly allocated bos descriptor to prevent memory
> leak.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xenia Ragiadakou <burzalodowa@xxxxxxxxx>

Shouldn't there be a "Reported-by:" and "Tested-by:" field here as well?

thanks,

greg k-h
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