linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] bdc: Fix bug causing crash after multiple disconnects

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Message-ID: <0ef07c97-83a2-616e-3d43-46cefa7c95f1@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Jul 2020 09:56:25 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Al Cooper <alcooperx@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sasi Kumar <sasi.kumar@...adcom.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] bdc: Fix bug causing crash after multiple disconnects



On 7/17/2020 8:23 AM, Al Cooper wrote:
> From: Sasi Kumar <sasi.kumar@...adcom.com>
> 
> Multiple connects/disconnects can cause a crash on the second
> disconnect. The driver had a problem where it would try to send
> endpoint commands after it was disconnected which is not allowed
> by the hardware. The fix is to only allow the endpoint commands
> when the endpoint is connected. This will also fix issues that
> showed up when using configfs to create gadgets.
> 
> refs #SWLINUX-5477

This internal reference should be removed and maybe we should be
providing a Fixes tag as well since this is a bug fix?
-- 
Florian