Re: [PATCH 1/5] usb_debug: implement multi urb write

[Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>]

Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2009 04:00:01 schrieb Jason Wessel:
>
> in static void usb_debug_write_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
>   
>> +       if (status) {
>> +               dbg("nonzero write bulk status received: %d", status);
>> +               return;
>> +       }
>>     
>
> [..]
>   
>> +       spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->tx_lock, flags);
>> +       --priv->tx_outstanding_urbs;
>> +       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->tx_lock, flags);
>>     
>
> That's a clear bug. If a URB finishes, you must decrease the counter, always
> and without exception, even if status indicates an error.
>
>   
Thanks Oliver,

I would agree with you on that.  It also means that the ftdi_sio.c
driver has the same bug, because that is where it was derived from.  You
led me to see another flaw upon further inspection in that the usb_debug
driver must also implement the chars_in_buffer() call back because the
generic serial code will cause an oops with a null pointer dereference
of the write_urb.

Cheers,
Jason.