Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:33:07 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] base/class.c: prevent ooops due to insert/remove race |
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On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 11:00:36PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: > While doing insert/remove (quickly) tests on USB, I managed to trigger > an Oops on 2.6.23.1 on the call to strlen() in make_class_name(). > > This patch prevents this oops. > > There is still the larger problem of the overall race > that caused this in the first place, but much of the rest > of the code in class.c appears to also do NULL checks to > avoid Oops'ing, so this continues the tradition. > > Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
As this is a bandage over the real problem, I'd prefer to not apply this one right now until we find the root cause.
thanks,
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