Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Jul 2020 21:00:55 -0400 | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: net2280: fix memory leak on probe error handling paths |
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On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 10:56:09PM +0300, Evgeny Novikov wrote: > Hi Alan, > > I have neither an appropriate hardware nor an experience to deal with > issues that you mentioned. Our framework does not allow to detect them > as well at the moment. At last, it seems that rather many drivers can > suffer from these issues. So, it would be much better if somebody else > will suggest necessary fixes and test them carefully.
Heh... Working from home, I no longer have access to the appropriate hardware either. But at least I do have the necessary experience. :-)
> BTW, you have already discussed the race within net2280_remove() with > my colleague about 3 years ago. But you did not achieve a consensus at > that time and no fixes were made after all.
I don't recall that. Do you have a pointer to the email thread in the archives?
> Anyway, one can consider both issues independently on the one fixed by > the patch.
Yes. I'll write and submit a series of patches.
Alan Stern
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