linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] Fix oops when closing ACM tty device right after open has failed.

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Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:35:23 -0300
From:	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, oliver@...kum.name
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Fix oops when closing ACM tty device right after
	open has failed.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 01:41:06PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 08:31:16AM -0300, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> > This commit 10077d4a6674f535abdbe25cdecb1202af7948f1 has stopped
> 
> Please don't reference git commit ids that are not in Linus's tree, as
> it doesn't make any sense to anyone.
> 

It is in Linus's tree. git log torvalds/master..10077d4 gives me
nothing.

cascardo@...pa:~/linux$ git remote show torvalds
* remote torvalds
  URL:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/

> > checking if there was a valid acm device associated to the tty, which is
> > not true right after open fails and tty subsystem tries to close the
> > device.
> 
> Why would open fail?
> 

Explained in a second version submitted already, but basically because
there's no such device.

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

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