linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] usbip: dynamically allocate idev by nports found in sysfs

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Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 23:01:31 +0200
From:   Michael Grzeschik <mgr@...gutronix.de>
To:     Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, valentina.manea.m@...il.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] usbip: dynamically allocate idev by nports found in
 sysfs

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:44:57AM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 05/23/2018 03:22 AM, Michael Grzeschik wrote:
> > As the amount of available ports varies by the kernels build
> > configuration. To remove the limitation of the fixed 128 ports
> > we allocate the amount of idevs by using the number we get
> > from the kernel.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@...gutronix.de>
> > ---
> > v1 -> v2: - reworked memory allocation into one calloc call
> >           - added error path on allocation failure
> > v2 -> v3: - moved check for available nports to beginning of function
> > 
> 
> Hmm. With this patch I see a segfault when I run usbip port command.
> I think this patch is incomplete and more changes are needed to the
> code that references the idev array.
> 
> I can't take this patch.

I will test it again tomorrow.

Thanks,
Michael

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