On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 04:35:39PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > Greg: > > This patch contains changes to usbcore making the core responsible for > deallocating memory for usb_hcd structures, rather than calling back into > the host controller drivers. This solves a long-standing oops, since the > drivers may have been unloaded from memory by the time the release routine > is called. (There probably are some Bugzilla entries caused by this, but > I don't know which ones.) > > To really fix this up properly will require merging the HCD "glue" layer > into the higher core structures. As things stand now, a usb_hcd contains > a usb_bus member, and the usb_bus is associated with a class_device: when > the class_device is released the usb_hcd gets deallocated. It's awkward > in that neither the usb_hcd nor the usb_bus has its own reference count, > and the class_device is created when the bus is registered (not when it is > initialized). > > Please apply.
Applied, thanks. greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
