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From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.name>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: 2.4.18 usb(?) oops
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 19:14:51 +0200
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On Saturday 20 April 2002 17:20, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 03:33:50PM +0200, Oliver Feiler wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This oops occurs everytime I use kpilot to hotsync my Handpsring Visor.
>
> As per the archives, use this patch to fix this problem:
> 	http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101735261202744

By the way, module usage count handling in the visor driver has
a race. You increment it after down() which can sleep.

	Regards
		Oliver
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