linux-kernel - Re: [024/115] USB: prevent buggy hubs from crashing the USB stack

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Date:	Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:11:34 +0100
From:	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
CC:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Michael Jones <michael.jones@...rix-vision.de>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable@...nel.org, stable-review@...nel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [024/115] USB: prevent buggy hubs from crashing the USB stack

Hello,

Am 24.02.2011 18:57, schrieb Alan Stern:

> It's important that this patch appear in .37-stable at the same time as
> the $SUBJECT patch.  If that means delaying $SUBJECT for one release,
> so be it -- it was not a very important change.

Too late, 2.6.37.1 is already broken. But the patch could be still 
applied to 2.6.32-longterm, at least the message I've replied to asked 
about objections for that version.

Regards,

Alexander
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