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Date:	Mon, 6 Jul 2015 16:38:48 +0300
From:	Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>
To:	<cw00.choi@...sung.com>
CC:	<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] extcon: Fix kernel hang for find_cable_index_by_name()
 users

Hi,

On 06/07/15 15:31, Roger Quadros wrote:
> Users of find_cable_index_by_name() will cause a kernel hang
> as the while loop counter is never incremented and end condition
> is never reached.
>
> Fixes: commit 73b6ecdb93e8 ("extcon: Redefine the unique id of supported external connectors without 'enum extcon' type")
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>

Please ignore this patch.
The extcon framework is broken bad in v4.2 and this patch is not 
sufficient to fix it.

I will send another patch that fixes the issues that I'm facing in a while.

cheers,
-roger


> ---
>   drivers/extcon/extcon.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
> index 76157ab..1acc830 100644
> --- a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
> +++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
> @@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ static int find_cable_index_by_name(struct extcon_dev *edev, const char *name)
>   			id = i;
>   			break;
>   		}
> +
> +		i++;
>   	}
>
>   	if (id == EXTCON_NONE)
>
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