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Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:34:52 +0200 From: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com> To: Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com> Subject: [PATCH 1/4] radio-shark*: Remove work-around for dangling pointer in usb intfdata Recent kernels properly clear the usb intfdata pointer when another driver fails to bind (in the radio-shark* case the usbhid driver would try to bind first. Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com> --- drivers/media/radio/radio-shark.c | 9 --------- drivers/media/radio/radio-shark2.c | 9 --------- 2 files changed, 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/radio-shark.c b/drivers/media/radio/radio-shark.c index c2ead23..6117132 100644 --- a/drivers/media/radio/radio-shark.c +++ b/drivers/media/radio/radio-shark.c @@ -286,15 +286,6 @@ static int usb_shark_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, if (!shark->transfer_buffer) goto err_alloc_buffer; - /* - * Work around a bug in usbhid/hid-core.c, where it leaves a dangling - * pointer in intfdata causing v4l2-device.c to not set it. Which - * results in usb_shark_disconnect() referencing the dangling pointer - * - * REMOVE (as soon as the above bug is fixed, patch submitted) - */ - usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL); - shark->v4l2_dev.release = usb_shark_release; v4l2_device_set_name(&shark->v4l2_dev, DRV_NAME, &shark_instance); retval = v4l2_device_register(&intf->dev, &shark->v4l2_dev); diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/radio-shark2.c b/drivers/media/radio/radio-shark2.c index b9575de..fc0289d 100644 --- a/drivers/media/radio/radio-shark2.c +++ b/drivers/media/radio/radio-shark2.c @@ -258,15 +258,6 @@ static int usb_shark_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, if (!shark->transfer_buffer) goto err_alloc_buffer; - /* - * Work around a bug in usbhid/hid-core.c, where it leaves a dangling - * pointer in intfdata causing v4l2-device.c to not set it. Which - * results in usb_shark_disconnect() referencing the dangling pointer - * - * REMOVE (as soon as the above bug is fixed, patch submitted) - */ - usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL); - shark->v4l2_dev.release = usb_shark_release; v4l2_device_set_name(&shark->v4l2_dev, DRV_NAME, &shark_instance); retval = v4l2_device_register(&intf->dev, &shark->v4l2_dev); -- 1.7.11.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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