Re: Kernel Oops on hot insertion of USB

Bart Van Assche
2008-04-10T13:48:20Z

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Rachmel, Nir (Nir) <rachmel@avaya.com> wrote:
> I am running linux kernel version 2.6.14.7, and have a problem
> when inserting / removing a disk-on-key device from my system: I get
> a "kernel oops". Using some debugging tools I managed to trace the
> problem down to an event of "double free" that occurs within the
> hot insertion module.
>
> googling didn't help much. Is this a known issue which is resolved in
> later kernel versions?

Can you try yourself whether the kernel oops still occurs with a more
recent kernel, e.g. 2.6.24.4 ? If you can reproduce this with a recent
kernel, the change is much higher that someone will look at this issue
than for kernel 2.6.14.7.

Bart.