linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] USB: inode.c: fix unbalanced spin_lock in ep0

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Message-ID: <87egemfi5n.fsf@saruman.tx.rr.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:54:44 -0600
From:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
To:	David Eccher <d.eccher@...il.com>
CC:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, David Eccher <d.eccher@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] USB: inode.c: fix unbalanced spin_lock in ep0_write


Hi,

David Eccher <d.eccher@...il.com> writes:
> Fix bad unlock balance: ep0_write enter with the locks locked from
> inode.c:1769, hence it must exit with spinlock held to avoid double
> unlock in dev_config.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Eccher <d.eccher@...il.com>

which commit is this fixing ? Do we need this backported to stable
kernels ?

-- 
balbi

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