linux-kernel - Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] base/class.c: prevent ooops due to insert/remove race (v3)

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0711291510200.5666-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:13:39 -0500 (EST)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] base/class.c: prevent ooops due to
 insert/remove race (v3)

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Mark Lord wrote:

> But the flogging continues multiple times per second
> until the system is shutdown, so it is "the next bug to fix".

That's not true.  The number of commands sent while probing a device is
predetermined and strictly limited.

In any case, what you're talking about is a SCSI issue -- not a USB 
issue.

Alan Stern

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