Re: [PATCH] clean tty fields on failed device open

From: Frank Gevaerts
Date: Wed Jun 14 2006 - 09:51:13 EST


On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 10:49:18AM -0300, Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino wrote:
> Hmm, I'd prefer something like this:

OK

If either the driver's open() method or try_module_get() fails, we need to
set 'tty->driver_data' and 'port->tty' to NULL in serial_open(), otherwise
we'll get an OOPS in usb_device_disconnect() when the device is disconnected.

Signed-off-by: Frank Gevaerts <frank.gevaerts@xxxxxx>

diff -urp linux-2.6.17-rc6/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c linux-2.6.17-rc6.a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
--- linux-2.6.17-rc6/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c 2006-06-14 13:03:55.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc6.a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c 2006-06-14 13:23:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -230,6 +232,8 @@ bailout_module_put:
module_put(serial->type->driver.owner);
bailout_mutex_unlock:
port->open_count = 0;
+ tty->driver_data = NULL;
+ port->tty = NULL;
mutex_unlock(&port->mutex);
bailout_kref_put:
kref_put(&serial->kref, destroy_serial);

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