linux.git/drivers/usb/core/file.c, branch v2.6.24

USB: prevent char device open/deregister race

2007-07-12T23:29:48+00:00

This patch (as908) adds central protection in usbcore for the
prototypical race between opening and unregistering a char device.
The spinlock used to protect the minor-numbers array is replaced with
an rwsem, which can remain locked across a call to a driver's open()
method.  This guarantees that open() and deregister() will be mutually
exclusive.

The private locks currently used in several individual drivers for
this purpose are no longer necessary, and the patch removes them.  The
following USB drivers are affected: usblcd, idmouse, auerswald,
legousbtower, sisusbvga/sisusb, ldusb, adutux, iowarrior, and
usb-skeleton.

As a side effect of this change, usb_deregister_dev() must not be
called while holding a lock that is acquired by open().  Unfortunately
a number of drivers do this, but luckily the solution is simple: call
usb_deregister_dev() before acquiring the lock.

In addition to these changes (and their consequent code
simplifications), the patch fixes a use-after-free bug in adutux and a
race between open() and release() in iowarrior.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: convert usb class devices to real devices

2007-02-07T23:44:31+00:00

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

fix file specification in comments

2006-10-03T21:01:26+00:00

Many files include the filename at the beginning, serveral used a wrong one.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Zeisberger 
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk

USB: Make file operations structs in drivers/usb const.

2006-09-27T18:58:52+00:00

Making structs const prevents accidental bugs and with the proper debug
options they're protected against corruption.

Signed-off-by: Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Revert "[PATCH] USB: convert usb class devices to real devices"

2006-08-02T23:49:37+00:00

This reverts bd00949647ddcea47ce4ea8bb2cfcfc98ebf9f2a commit because it
required a newer version of udev to work properly than what is currently
documented in Documentation/Changes.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Remove obsolete #include

2006-06-30T17:25:36+00:00

Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel 
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk

[PATCH] USB: only make /sys/class/usb show up when there is something in it

2006-06-21T22:04:19+00:00

Now /sys/class/usb is dynamically created when we have something to put
in it, and removed when all devices go away.

Just trying to cut down on the clutter in sysfs...

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] USB: convert usb class devices to real devices

2006-06-21T22:04:19+00:00

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[PATCH] mark f_ops const in the inode

2006-03-28T17:16:05+00:00

Mark the f_ops members of inodes as const, as well as fix the
ripple-through this causes by places that copy this f_ops and then "do
stuff" with it.

Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven 
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] USB: move CONFIG_USB_DEBUG checks into the Makefile

2005-11-17T19:29:55+00:00

This lets us remove a lot of code in the drivers that were all checking
the same thing.  It also found some bugs in a few of the drivers, which
has been fixed up.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds