linux-kernel - Re: [12/74] staging: usbip: bugfixes related to kthread conversion

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Message-Id: <201104172215.01736.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:15:01 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Arjan Mels <arjan.mels@....net>,
	Takahiro Hirofuchi <hirofuchi@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Max Vozeler <max@...eler.com>
Subject: Re: [12/74] staging: usbip: bugfixes related to kthread conversion

On Wednesday 13 April 2011, Greg KH wrote:
> From: Arjan Mels <arjan.mels@....net>
> 
> commit d2dd0b07c3e725d386d20294ec906f7ddef207fa upstream.
> 
> When doing a usb port reset do a queued reset instead to prevent a
> deadlock: the reset will cause the driver to unbind, causing the
> usb_driver_lock_for_reset to stall.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arjan Mels <arjan.mels@....net>
> Cc: Takahiro Hirofuchi <hirofuchi@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: Max Vozeler <max@...eler.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> 

I think either the subject line is misleading or the patch is not
needed in -stable. The kthread conversion was done in 2.6.38, so
any bug introduced by it would not need to be fixed in an earlier
version, afaict.

	Arnd
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