Re: All USB tools hang when one descriptor read fails and needs to timeout

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 03:41:08PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 04:59:36PM +0100, Troels Liebe Bentsen wrote:
> > On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 at 17:07, Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > > Now that I know the config descriptors won't get reallocated after all,
> > > I can remove the locking from the descriptors file entirely.  A patch to
> > > do this is below.  It ought to fix your problem.  Try it and see.
> > 
> > Thank you very much, I built a new kernel with the patch and can confirm
> > that it fixes my issue.
> > 
> > Will the patch make it into any of the LTS kernels as it could seem like a
> > bugfix depending on how you look at it or is it only destined mainline, fx. 6.2
> > or 6.3?
> 
> I don't know.  I will submit it for the -stable kernels, but the 
> decision on whether to accept it will be up to Greg KH.

I'll backport it, as it can help out with systems as Troels said.  But
will wait until 6.3-rc1 is out as this should get some testing.

thanks,

greg k-h