APPLIED[Bionic]: [SRU] [Bionic/Cosmic/Unstable] [PATCH v2 0/1] Fix usbcore.quirks when used at boot

Kleber Souza kleber.souza at canonical.com
Fri Oct 19 14:45:34 UTC 2018


On 10/04/18 07:42, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795784
> 
> [Impact]
> Use usbcore.quirks kernel parameter let the boot stuck.
> 
> [Test]
> Without the patch, the usbcore.quirks= doesn't work when usbcore is
> builtin. The issue is fixed with the patch.
> 
> [Fix]
> If the parameter is used at boot, parse the list after the slab is
> initialized. When the kcalloc fails, reset the count to 0.
> 
> [Regression Potential]
> Low. The change limits to quirk parsing, the usbcore behaviour stays the
> same.
> 
> Harry Pan (1):
>   usb: core: safely deal with the dynamic quirk lists
> 
>  drivers/usb/core/quirks.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Applied to bionic/master-next branch.

Thanks,
Kleber




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