Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933901AbXK2UNt (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:13:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932663AbXK2UNl (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:13:41 -0500 Received: from iolanthe.rowland.org ([192.131.102.54]:51989 "HELO iolanthe.rowland.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932648AbXK2UNk (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:13:40 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:13:39 -0500 (EST) From: Alan Stern X-X-Sender: stern@iolanthe.rowland.org To: Mark Lord cc: Greg KH , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel , Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] base/class.c: prevent ooops due to insert/remove race (v3) In-Reply-To: <474F1AAC.7040908@rtr.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 601 Lines: 18 On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Mark Lord wrote: > But the flogging continues multiple times per second > until the system is shutdown, so it is "the next bug to fix". That's not true. The number of commands sent while probing a device is predetermined and strictly limited. In any case, what you're talking about is a SCSI issue -- not a USB issue. Alan Stern - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/