On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:55:26 -0800, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am awfully sorry, but that patch contained a bug. The code dereferenced > > cmd->back as if it were a pointer to a request even when it wasn't. It > > worked > > by accident, because rq->flags overlapped with a zeroed memory in other > > case. > > Here is a corrective patch. > > Would this have caused an oops in driver binding? I just got that on > startup on one of my boxes in the ub driver and haven't taken the time > yet to track this down. If the random memory which it deferenced were nonzero, and one of probing commands ended with a sense, the code would deliver the sense into an unrelated part of memory, which were likely to oops. Did the patch fix it? In my case, I was lucky not to see the problem (actually, unlucky, since the patch went out). -- Pete ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
