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SubjectRe: [GIT] HID updates for 2.6.29
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Oliver Neukum wrote:

> > --- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
> > @@ -885,6 +885,7 @@ int hiddev_connect(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned int force)
> > } else {
> > hid->minor = usbhid->intf->minor;
> > hiddev_table[usbhid->intf->minor - HIDDEV_MINOR_BASE] = hiddev;
> > + hid->hiddev = hiddev;
>
> It seems to me that this is still a race condition. What prevents open()
> from being called before this is set?

Right, there indeed is a tiny race window. Gabriel, could you please
verify with the patch below instead? Thanks.


From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Subject: [PATCH] HID: fix hid->hiddev initialization in hiddev_connect()

Commit 079034073fa ("HID: hiddev cleanup -- handle all error conditions
properly") by mistake removed proper initialization of hid->hiddev pointer
in hiddev_connect() in case usb_register_dev() succeeds for the hiddev node.
Put it properly back in place.

Reported-by: Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
---
drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
index 6a98f9f..d73eea3 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
@@ -874,12 +874,14 @@ int hiddev_connect(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned int force)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hiddev->list);
spin_lock_init(&hiddev->list_lock);
mutex_init(&hiddev->existancelock);
+ hid->hiddev = hiddev;
hiddev->hid = hid;
hiddev->exist = 1;

retval = usb_register_dev(usbhid->intf, &hiddev_class);
if (retval) {
err_hid("Not able to get a minor for this device.");
+ hid->hiddev = NULL;
kfree(hiddev);
return -1;
} else {
--
1.5.6


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