fix race condition in drivers/base/dd.c
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From: Greg KH on 6 Mar 2010 12:10 On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 05:50:14PM +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote: > This patch fix a potential race condition in the driver_bound() function > in the file driver/base/dd.c. > > The broadcast of the BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER notifier should be done > after adding the new device to the driver list. Otherwise notifier > listener will fail if they use functions like usb_find_interface(). > > The patch is against kernel 2.6.33. Please merge it. Looks good, are there bugs caused by this problem today that require this patch to be backported to the -stable kernels? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
From: Stefani Seibold on 6 Mar 2010 12:20 Am Samstag, den 06.03.2010, 08:57 -0800 schrieb Greg KH: > On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 05:50:14PM +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > This patch fix a potential race condition in the driver_bound() function > > in the file driver/base/dd.c. > > > > The broadcast of the BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER notifier should be done > > after adding the new device to the driver list. Otherwise notifier > > listener will fail if they use functions like usb_find_interface(). > > > > The patch is against kernel 2.6.33. Please merge it. > > Looks good, are there bugs caused by this problem today that require > this patch to be backported to the -stable kernels? > No, there is no problem in the stable kernel. There was only a problem with one of my out of tree driver. Stefani -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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