linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] usb-serial : fix the nousb oops

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Date:	Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:12:39 +0100
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>, wgreathouse@...a.com,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] usb-serial : fix the nousb oops

Am Wednesday 04 February 2009 00:58:14 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 09:43:04AM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
 
> > No, it is not new thing.  usb serial drivers normally call
> > usb_serial_register first, then usb_register, usb_register will fail
> > due to "nousb" checking, but usb_serial_register no.
> 
> But as usb_register will fail, shouldn't they properly back out and no
> oopses happen?  This sounds like a simple fix to the drivers that are
> failing here, not changing the usb-serial core.

usb_register() can also fail for other reasons. There's no way you
can save drivers from needing to cleanly fail in that case.

> And this should only be an issue if you build your drivers into the
> kernel, right?

No, you can load drivers by other methods than udev.

	Regards
		Oliver
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