linux-kernel - Re: Kernel Oops on hot insertion of USB

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Message-ID: <e2e108260804100648w6519f91dpb0313079be733f67@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:48:01 +0200
From:	"Bart Van Assche" <bart.vanassche@...il.com>
To:	"Rachmel, Nir (Nir)" <rachmel@...ya.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel Oops on hot insertion of USB

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Rachmel, Nir (Nir) <rachmel@...ya.com> wrote:
> I am running linux kernel version 2.6.14.7, and have a problem
> when inserting / removing a disk-on-key device from my system: I get
> a "kernel oops". Using some debugging tools I managed to trace the
> problem down to an event of "double free" that occurs within the
> hot insertion module.
>
> googling didn't help much. Is this a known issue which is resolved in
> later kernel versions?

Can you try yourself whether the kernel oops still occurs with a more
recent kernel, e.g. 2.6.24.4 ? If you can reproduce this with a recent
kernel, the change is much higher that someone will look at this issue
than for kernel 2.6.14.7.

Bart.
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