linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 245/270] USB: mct

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Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:15:51 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com, Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 245/270] USB: mct_u232: fix broken close

On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 14:58 -0200, Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski wrote:
> 3.5.7u1 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
> 
> commit 5260e458f5eff269a43e4f1e9c47186c57b88ddb upstream.
> 
> Make sure generic close is called at close.
> 
> The driver relies on the generic write implementation but did not call
> generic close.
> 
> Note that the call to kill the read urb is not redundant, as mct_u232
> uses an interrupt urb from the second port as the read urb and that
> generic close therefore fails to kill it.
> 
> Compile-only tested.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@...onical.com>
[...]

This is missing on 3.4; the version I used for 3.2 (attached) should be
applicable.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Never attribute to conspiracy what can adequately be explained by stupidity.

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