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DateTue, 22 Dec 2009 21:37:34 -0800
FromGreg KH <>
SubjectRe: [Regression, 2.6.33-rc1->current git] NULL pointer in usb_serial_probe() introduced by the recent kfifo changes
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 02:51:31AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Something like the patch below is necessary to fix a new NULL pointer deref
> in usb_serial_probe() that appeared after the recent kfifo changes (in short,
> the kfifo changes modified the semantics of kfifo_alloc() that
> usb_serial_probe() reiled on).

What semantic changed? I thought that the kfifo patches came with
patches that also fixed up any changed that were needed. What went
wrong here?

Does your patch solve the oops?

thanks,

greg k-h


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