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SubjectRe: small patch: enable pwc usb camera driver
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 02:37:51PM +0200, Kai Engert wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> >On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 12:27:04AM +0200, Nemosoft Unv. wrote:
> >>...
> >>Don't use this. It will BUG() your kernel hard, because of a double
> >>free().
>
> I confirm, if you disconnect the device / unload the driver, it doesn't
> take long and the kernel reports an exception. My fault, sorry.
>
> >... I'll wait for someone to send another patch fixing this one ...
>
> I'm attaching a new patch:
>
> - revert video device release code to original no-op,
> using correct function signature.

Ick ick ick! No, that's not the way to fix this.

Bah, time to mark the driver broken again...

greg k-h
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