DECLARE_WAITQUEUE doesn't initialize the wait descriptor's task_list to 'empty' but to zero. prepare_to_wait() will not enqueue the descriptor to the waitqueue and finish_wait() will do list_del_init() on a list head that contains NULL pointers, which oopses. This was introduced by 079034073 "HID: hiddev cleanup -- handle all error conditions properly". The prior code used an unconditional add_to_waitqueue() which didn't care about the wait descriptor's list head and enqueued the thing unconditionally. The new code uses prepare_to_wait() which DOES check the prior list state, so use DEFINE_WAIT instead. Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner Cc: Oliver Neukum --- drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c +++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static ssize_t hiddev_write(struct file */ static ssize_t hiddev_read(struct file * file, char __user * buffer, size_t count, loff_t *ppos) { - DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current); + DEFINE_WAIT(wait); struct hiddev_list *list = file->private_data; int event_size; int retval; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/