linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] USBHID: correct start/stop cycle

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Message-ID: <490D873D.9010005@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:55:57 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Helge Deller <deller@....de>
CC:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Jeroen Roovers <jer@...too.org>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] USBHID: correct start/stop cycle

Helge Deller napsal(a):
> Jiri Slaby wrote:
>> On 11/02/2008 12:02 AM, Jiri Kosina wrote:
>>> On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>>>
>>>> `stop' left out usbhid->urb* pointers and so the next `start' thought
>>>> it needs to allocate nothing and used the memory pointers previously
>>>> pointed to. This led to memory corruption and device malfunction.
>> [...]
>>> could you please verify whether this patch fixes the corruption you
>>> were experiencing?
>>
>> btw. this is not expected to fix that, but if it does, the better ;).
> 
> I tried the patch and sadly it didn't fixed the parisc bug.

Could you bisect it?
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