From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: kai.engert@gmx.de
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Nemosoft Unv." <webcam@smcc.demon.nl>
Subject: Re: small patch: enable pwc usb camera driver
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:58:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040617195851.GA23533@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40D1909F.4090408@kuix.de>
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 02:37:51PM +0200, Kai Engert wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> >On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 12:27:04AM +0200, Nemosoft Unv. wrote:
> >>...
> >>Don't use this. It will BUG() your kernel hard, because of a double
> >>free().
>
> I confirm, if you disconnect the device / unload the driver, it doesn't
> take long and the kernel reports an exception. My fault, sorry.
>
> >... I'll wait for someone to send another patch fixing this one ...
>
> I'm attaching a new patch:
>
> - revert video device release code to original no-op,
> using correct function signature.
Ick ick ick! No, that's not the way to fix this.
Bah, time to mark the driver broken again...
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-17 20:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-07 13:00 small patch: enable pwc usb camera driver Kai Engert
2004-06-07 20:20 ` Greg KH
2004-06-07 22:27 ` Nemosoft Unv.
2004-06-07 22:39 ` Greg KH
2004-06-17 12:37 ` Kai Engert
2004-06-17 19:58 ` Greg KH [this message]
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