linux-kernel - Re: Oops in evdev_disconnect for kernel 2.6.23.12

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Date:	Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:54:42 +0100
From:	Berthold Cogel <cogel@...-koeln.de>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nigel@...el.suspend2.net,
	dtor@...l.ru, jikos@...os.cz, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-usb-owner@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Oops in evdev_disconnect for kernel 2.6.23.12

Al Viro schrieb:
> On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 10:15:16PM +0100, Berthold Cogel wrote:
>> I did that and got this in 'make modules':
>>
>>   CC [M]  drivers/input/joydev.o
>>   CC [M]  drivers/input/evdev.o
>> drivers/input/evdev.c: In function 'evdev_do_ioctl':
>> drivers/input/evdev.c:749: error: 'struct input_dev' has no member named 
>> 'event_lock'
>> drivers/input/evdev.c:757: error: 'struct input_dev' has no member named 
>> 'event_lock'
>> make[2]: *** [drivers/input/evdev.o] Fehler 1
>> make[1]: *** [drivers/input] Fehler 2
>> make: *** [drivers] Fehler 2
>>
>>
>> The next piece of the puzzle:
>>
>> No oops with 2.6.24-rc6 vanilla and the same kernel patched with 
>> TuxOnIce 3.0-rc3 for kernel 2.6.24-rc3. A minor nit was that I had to 
>> rebuild the xorg driver for the tablet to get it working.
> 
> No puzzle at all - the changeset in question is present in -rc3.  As for
> the errors - looks like it does indeed depend on the previous changeset.
> After poking a bit in the archived thread, http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/24/19
> appears to contain the previous one.

Bingo!

Those two patches solved the oops. I can remove and reconnnect the 
tablet without problems.

Regards,
Berthold
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