From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759416AbYDLFPj (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752861AbYDLFP3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:29 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:39968 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752691AbYDLFP2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:15:28 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:29:18 -0700 From: Greg KH To: "Rachmel, Nir (Nir)" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel Oops on hot insertion of USB Message-ID: <20080412042918.GA13154@kroah.com> References: <11486DD9B957EA488E21C44BC8737EFC987F23@307622ANEX5.global.avaya.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <11486DD9B957EA488E21C44BC8737EFC987F23@307622ANEX5.global.avaya.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 03:06:05PM +0200, Rachmel, Nir (Nir) wrote: > Hi, > > 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? Yes it is, please upgrade :) thanks, greg k-h