Hi Oliver,
> I expect it to rarely matter, but it might matter now and then. It's
> just a question of hygiene. If you are using a temporary buffer I'd
> like to see it used to full advantage. So either drop the lock or do
> a direct copy. I'd prefer the first option your patch implemented.
I agree. Greg, please consider applying the updated patch:
--- gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/core/devio.c.orig 2004-04-14 16:02:44.000000000 +0200
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/core/devio.c 2004-04-14 16:03:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -702,13 +708,15 @@
return -EFAULT;
if ((ret = findintfif(ps->dev, gd.interface)) < 0)
return ret;
+ down_read(&usb_bus_type.subsys.rwsem);
interface = ps->dev->actconfig->interface[ret];
- if (!interface->dev.driver)
+ if (!interface || !interface->dev.driver) {
+ up_read(&usb_bus_type.subsys.rwsem);
return -ENODATA;
+ }
strncpy(gd.driver, interface->dev.driver->name, sizeof(gd.driver));
- if (copy_to_user(arg, &gd, sizeof(gd)))
- return -EFAULT;
- return 0;
+ up_read(&usb_bus_type.subsys.rwsem);
+ return copy_to_user(arg, &gd, sizeof(gd)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
}
static int proc_connectinfo(struct dev_state *ps, void __user *arg)
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