netdev - Re: respin of hso patches for linux-2.6.28-rc6 hso_close

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Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:29:50 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	D.Barow@...ion.com
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: respin of hso patches for linux-2.6.28-rc6 hso_close_fix.patch
 [patch 2/6 ]

From: Denis Joseph Barrow <D.Barow@...ion.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:42:34 +0100

> Moved serial_open_count in hso_serial_open to
> prevent crashes owing to the serial structure being made NULL
> when hso_serial_close is called even though hso_serial_open
> returned -ENODEV, Alan Cox pointed out this happens,
> also put in sanity check in hso_serial_close
> to check for a valid serial structure which should prevent
> the most reproducable crash in the driver when the hso device
> is disconnected while in use.
> Signed-off-by: Denis Joseph Barrow <D.Barow@...ion.com>

Applied.
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