Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 May 2009 16:33:43 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] [patch 06/51] usb-serial: ftdi_sio: fix reference counting of ftdi_private |
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On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 01:46:32PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 15:32 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > 2.6.29-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let > > us know. > > > > ------------------ > > > > From: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> > > > > commit c45d63202fbaccef7ef7946c03f27f72c809b1cc upstream. > > > > This patch (as1238) adds proper reference counting for ftdi_sio's > > private data structure. Without it, the driver will free the > > structure while it is still in use if the user unplugs the serial > > device before closing the device file. > > > > The patch also replaces a slightly dangerous > > cancel_delayed_work/flush_scheduled_work pair with > > cancel_delayed_work_sync, which is always safer. > > > > Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> > > Reported-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de> > > Tested-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de> > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> > > Works for me as long as you include the incremental patch I just sent.
I'll queue that one up for the next .29-stable release.
thanks,
greg k-h
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