2.6.25-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Alan Stern commit 0282b7f2a874e72c18fcd5a112ccf67f71ba7f5c upstream This patch (as1121) fixes a bug in the USB serial core. When a device is unregistered, the core will give back its minors -- even if the device hasn't been assigned any! The patch reserves the highest minor value (255) to mean that no minor was assigned. It also removes some dead code and does a small style fixup. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c | 7 +++---- include/linux/usb/serial.h | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c @@ -119,9 +119,6 @@ static void return_serial(struct usb_ser dbg("%s", __FUNCTION__); - if (serial == NULL) - return; - for (i = 0; i < serial->num_ports; ++i) { serial_table[serial->minor + i] = NULL; } @@ -140,7 +137,8 @@ static void destroy_serial(struct kref * serial->type->shutdown(serial); /* return the minor range that this device had */ - return_serial(serial); + if (serial->minor != SERIAL_TTY_NO_MINOR) + return_serial(serial); for (i = 0; i < serial->num_ports; ++i) serial->port[i]->open_count = 0; @@ -635,6 +633,7 @@ static struct usb_serial * create_serial serial->interface = interface; kref_init(&serial->kref); mutex_init(&serial->disc_mutex); + serial->minor = SERIAL_TTY_NO_MINOR; return serial; } --- a/include/linux/usb/serial.h +++ b/include/linux/usb/serial.h @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ #include #define SERIAL_TTY_MAJOR 188 /* Nice legal number now */ -#define SERIAL_TTY_MINORS 255 /* loads of devices :) */ +#define SERIAL_TTY_MINORS 254 /* loads of devices :) */ +#define SERIAL_TTY_NO_MINOR 255 /* No minor was assigned */ /* The maximum number of ports one device can grab at once */ #define MAX_NUM_PORTS 8 -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/