Re: small patch: enable pwc usb camera driver

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 12:27:04AM +0200, Nemosoft Unv. wrote:
> On Monday 07 June 2004 22:20, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 03:00:43PM +0200, Kai Engert wrote:
> > > The attached patch enables the pwc driver included with kernel
> > > 2.6.7-rc2
> > >
> > > It also removes the warnings during compilation.
> > > However, note that I blindly duplicated the release approach used by
> > > other usb camera drivers, replacing the current no-op.
> > >
> > > The driver works for me with a Logitech QuickCam Notebook Pro and
> > > GnomeMeeting.
> >
> > Nice, thanks, I've applied this.  
> 
> Don't use this. It will BUG() your kernel hard, because of a double free(). 

Oops, oh well, the pwc driver is really messed up then...
I already sent this to Linus, and as no one has fixed this issue up in a
long time, I'll wait for someone to send another patch fixing this
one as it's obvious that this driver does not have many users :(

> > It's amazing how long it took for this to be fixed... :(
> 
> I could start a big *bleep*ing rant about this, but I?ll save that for some 
> other time.

Heh, we've discussed this already in private, I'll be glad to discuss it
again, any time, in public on any mailing list.

thanks,

greg k-h