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Date:   Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:41:08 -0500
From:   Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
To:     Troels Liebe Bentsen <troels@connectedcars.dk>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: All USB tools hang when one descriptor read fails and needs to
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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.

Alan Stern