linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.21] kernel panic

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Date:	Wed, 9 May 2007 12:41:14 +0200
From:	folkert <folkert@...heusden.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...os.cz>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.21] kernel panic

Hi,

> > OK, I think the patch below should solve this. I am pretty surprised 
> > though that this bug wasn't triggered/reported by anyone anytime sooner, 
> > it has been there for ages too (but ok, the race window should be pretty 
> > small and hiddev is usually not high-throughput interface).
> > Could you please test it and let me know?
> > From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> > USB HID: hiddev - fix race between hiddev_send_event() and hiddev_release()
> did you have time to verify whether this patch fixes the issue for you?

It looks like this solves the hid-problem. But I still get the
occasional 'not responding but still forwarding network-traffic(!)' and
'ext3 circular lock failure' problems.


Folkert van Heusden

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