linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] USB: gadget: f_mass_storage: fix in error recovery

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Date:	Wed, 12 May 2010 17:33:20 +0530
From:	Viral Mehta <Viral.Mehta@...infotech.com>
To:	Michal Nazarewicz <m.nazarewicz@...sung.com>,
	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] USB: gadget: f_mass_storage: fix in error recovery


>In to places in fsg_common_init() an unconditional call to kfree()
>on common was performed in error recovery which is not a valid
>behaviour since fsg_common structure is not always allocated by
>fsg_common_init().
>
>To fix, the calls has been replaced with a goto to a proper error
>recovery which does the correct thing.
>
>Also, refactored fsg_common_release() function.
In that case,
Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
Reviewed-by: Viral Mehta <viral.mehta@...infotech.com>
>---
>On Wed, 12 May 2010 12:33:43 +0200, Viral Mehta <Viral.Mehta@...infotech.com> wrote:
>> In that case, in addition to your previous patch, below hunk is needed
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_mass_storage.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_mass_storage.c
>> index f4911c0..b1648fc 100644
>> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_mass_storage.c
>> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_mass_storage.c
>> @@ -2883,15 +2883,16 @@ static void fsg_common_release(struct kref *ref)

>This is not entairly true but if you insist, attached is a bit
>different version of your proposed chang.

But, no problem with the earlier patch as well.
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